needleworker

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needleworker

(ˈniːdəlˌwɜːkə)
n
(Knitting & Sewing) a person who sews or embroiders with a needle
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.needleworker - someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
edger - a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
embroiderer - someone who ornaments with needlework
garment worker, garmentmaker, garment-worker - a person who makes garments
knitter - someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread
maker, shaper - a person who makes things
sewer - someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns"
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Audrey was already a competent needleworker having sewn and knitted her own clothes since the age of 12.
Elizabeth must have been trained as a needleworker or needlework teacher in England prior to her marriage to Joseph Marsh at the relatively late age of twenty-seven.
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Her body was found buried at 25 Midland Road, Gloucester, which was where the Wests lived at that time.Lynda Gough, a Gloucestershire needleworker, was 21 when she was killed in 1973.
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