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dressmaker Definition

dress·maker (dresmāk′ər)

noun

a person who makes women's dresses and other clothes to order

adjective

designating or of a woman's suit, coat, etc. not cut on severe, mannish lines

dressmaker Related Forms
dress·mak′·ing noun
dressmaker Synonyms

dressmaker

n.

seamstress, ladies' tailor, modiste, designer, draper, manufacturing tailor, garment worker, sewer, sewing woman, fitter, operator, needle pusher*, shears*, snips*; see also designer, tailor.

dressmaker Usage Examples

Possessives

  • dummy: It suggests the image of the dressmaker's dummy as sculpture.

Converse of object

  • find: You must only find a talented dressmaker or tailor.
  • use: The measurements below should be taken whilst wearing light clothing, using a dressmaker 's tape measure.
  • become: On 15th November 1852 she had an illegitimate daughter, Emma who went on to become a dressmaker.

Adjective modifier

  • local: Enquire with a local dressmaker how much she would charge to make a custom dress for you.
  • good: A maid to wait upon a lady and young ladies, good dressmaker and hair dresser, age not under 25 years.
  • talented: You must only find a talented dressmaker or tailor.
  • skilled: Our ball gowns, evening dresses and prom gowns are made by our team of highly skilled dressmakers.
  • professional: The embarrassing thing is my mom was a professional dressmaker before she retired and still makes rag dolls and the like as a hobby.
  • qualified: She followed her passion for sewing and did a five year training and is a qualified dressmaker.

Noun used with modifier

  • apprentice: This census shows they had another daughter - Fanny, who was then an apprentice dressmaker.
  • court: The honor of creating and making the gown was given to the court dressmaker, Mme Handley Seymour.
dressmaker Quotes

Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker.

—Dache¤  , Lilly

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