seamstress
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She traces her relationship with making clothes back to being the eldest child of a seamstress.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The son of a seamstress and a mechanic, Wirun was a straight-A student who studied at one of Thailand's top medical schools.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
The only person to show up on the departure date, however, is Ada, 22, a seamstress and house cleaner who is terrified of polar bears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Harjit Kaur, who lives in Hercules city in the San Francisco Bay Area, was working as a seamstress at a sari store for the past two decades and pays her taxes.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
An old seamstress took a peacoat of mine, tore the lining out, opened and flattened the sleeves, added a collar, put arm holes in and handed me back a beautiful cape.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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