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单词 seamstress
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seamstress

(siːmstrəs, sem-)
Word forms: plural seamstresses
countable noun
A seamstress is a woman who sews and makes clothes as her job.
[old-fashioned]

seamstress in British English

(ˈsiːmstrəs, ˈsɛm-) or rarely sempstress (ˈsɛmpstrɪs)
noun
a woman who sews and makes clothes, esp professionally

seamstress in American English

(ˈsimstrɪs; ˈsɛmstrɪs)
noun
a woman who is expert at sewing, esp. one who makes her living by sewing
Word origin
ME seamestre, man or woman who sews < OE < seam, seam + additional fem. suffix -ess

Examples of 'seamstress' in a sentence
seamstress

My father was a musician and my mother a seamstress.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Her mother convinces her to give up her ambition to complete her education and take a job working as a seamstress instead.
The Sun (2009)
His father died young, and his mother worked as a seamstress.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His father was a taxation clerk, his mother a seamstress.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A seamstress had to work through the night to get the outfits ready.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My mother was a seamstress.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My mother was a seamstress and I have made my own clothes all my life.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
At the time she was just 24 and working as a seamstress at Harrods.
The Sun (2009)
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