单词 | shirtmaker |
释义 | shirtmakern. 1. A person who or business which makes shirts. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making blouses or shirts > one who shirtmaker1590 linener1616 linen-man1631 blouse-maker1905 1590 Remonstrance ii. 24 Where findeth he a Master of an Hospitall, a Printer, a Cartwright, a Salte-peter man, a shirte-maker, a gunne-maker.., [etc.]? 1800 Morning Post & Gazetteer 22 Dec. (advt.) Joseph Tayler, shirt-maker, at the Three Nuns, No. 43, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shirt-maker; a sempstress; a tradesman who employs females to make shirts. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xli. 355 Hosiers, glovers, and shirt-makers. 1919 Christian Sci. Monitor 2 July 5/4 Between 9000 and 10,000 union shirtmakers, mostly women, went on strike yesterday. 2015 Gloucestershire Echo (Nexis) 28 Feb. 22 The Gloucester-based shirtmakers have an impressive list of clients who have worn their garments. 2. A woman's dress designed to resemble a shirt, especially in having a buttoned bodice and a turndown collar. Compare shirtwaist dress n. at shirtwaist n. Compounds, shirt dress n. at shirt n. Compounds 4Originally a brand name in the United States.Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > shirt-waist dress shirt dress1875 shirtwaist dress1897 shirtmaker1926 shirtwaister1935 1926 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 June 584/2 Best & Co... Shirtmaker Frock... Women's and children's dresses. 1935 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 May (Home ed.) 16 d/2 (advt.) Corded cotton shirtmakers. 1960 Guardian 27 July 7/3 For this summer they have chosen a shirtmaker in drip-dry cotton. 2008 Gold Coast Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 29 Oct. (North ed.) 36 Whether it's a shirred, cool maxidress, tailored linen shirtmaker, comfortable jersey halter.., it's ‘in’ and it's available. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1590 |
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