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sempstress [ˈsɛmpstrɪs] n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) (Business / Professions) a rare word for seamstress ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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It appeared that Yegor had a family, three boys and a daughter, a sempstress, whom he wanted to marry to a cashier in a saddler's shop. Each of them threaded her needle with a short end of thread attached to the work, which was instantly pulled by an invisible force through the stuff, dragging the needle after it: the nimble fingers of the little sempstress caught it at the other side, but only to lose it again the next moment. And to divert her from thinking too highly of him he told her to go upstairs, and take her time, and see if it all fitted; and, if not, to get the village sempstress to make a few alterations. |
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sempstress - someone who makes or mends dresses