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dressmaker
[ dres-mey-ker ]
adjective
- (of women's clothing) having soft lines or elaborate detail.
dressmaker
/ ˈdrɛsˌmeɪkə /
noun
- a person whose occupation is making clothes, esp for women
Derived Forms
- ˈdressˌmaking, noun
Other Words From
- dressmaking noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of dressmaker1
Example Sentences
A petition written by Etsy dressmaker Kristi Cassidy became the centerpiece of the strike, calling for changes in other fees related to advertising, perks for top sellers, and more.
This version of Ella isn’t just trying to land a prince, but a successful career as a dressmaker.
She certainly does not feel the need for a full time dressmaker like Angela Kelly.
She grew up in luxury surrounded by staff, including a dressmaker who taught Margit how to make doll clothes.
An interest in fashion ran in the family—her mother was a dressmaker and her father once worked as a shoe salesman.
Words that form the credo of any artist who has hit her stride, be she painter, writer, or dressmaker.
Her book, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana , will be published by HarperCollins in March 2011.
Her clothes were good and new, but some desolate dressmaker had contrived to invest them with an air of hopeless dowdiness.
It appears that some years before her marriage she had worked as dressmaker for the Birotteaus.
The inexorable dressmaker cannot conceal from Caroline the fact that her form is altered.
She is an admirable young woman, and was a dressmaker before he married her.
The designing and cutting are the work of a head dressmaker.
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