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单词 sempstress
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Definition of sempstress in English:

sempstress

nounˈsɛm(p)strɪsˈsɛm(p)strəs
  • another term for seamstress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The 1696 parable about the dangers of middle-class women dressing like ‘persons of quality’ has its roots in the more or less endemic anxiety that prostitutes' ‘excellent Art… can easily turn a Sempstress into a waiting Gentlewoman.’
    • Young Misses will be improved in Reading, Grammar, and Writing; and particular attention will be paid such whose abilities entitle them to become complete sempstresses.
 
 

Definition of sempstress in US English:

sempstress

nounˈsɛm(p)strəsˈsem(p)strəs
  • another term for seamstress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Young Misses will be improved in Reading, Grammar, and Writing; and particular attention will be paid such whose abilities entitle them to become complete sempstresses.
    • The 1696 parable about the dangers of middle-class women dressing like ‘persons of quality’ has its roots in the more or less endemic anxiety that prostitutes' ‘excellent Art… can easily turn a Sempstress into a waiting Gentlewoman.’
 
 
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