Definition of Dressmaker

1. Noun. Someone who makes or mends dresses.


Definition of Dressmaker

1. n. A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker.

Definition of Dressmaker

1. Noun. A person who makes dresses. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dressmaker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dressmaker

dressing room
dressing rooms
dressing sack
dressing sacque
dressing station
dressing stick
dressing sticks
dressing table
dressing tables
dressing up
dressingroom
dressingrooms
dressings
dressless
dresslike
dressmaker (current term)
dressmaker's ham
dressmaker's model
dressmakers
dressmaking
dressmakings
dressy
drest
dret
dretch
dretful
dreul
dreuled
dreuling
dreuls

Literary usage of Dressmaker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"In a few moments the black bonnet and the crutch-stick were on duty, the good Jew was left in possession of the house, and the dolls' dressmaker, ..."

2. Dressmaking as a Trade for Women in Massachusetts by May Allinson (1916)
"THE FAMILY dressmaker. The family system, the most primitive and simplest ... THE JOURNEYMAN dressmaker. The dressmaker who goes out by the day typifies the ..."

3. The Girl and the Job by Helen Christene Hoerle, Florence B.. Saltzberg (1919)
"A girl who is qualified to be a dressmaker often shows her interest in the art when as ... A girl who would be a successful dressmaker must have besides an ..."

4. Prisoners of Poverty: Women Wage-workers, Their Trades and Their Lives by Helen Campbell (1887)
"A FASHIONABLE dressmaker. now, be reasonable, won't you ? You 've got to move on, you know, and why don't you doit?" " I 'm that reasonable that a bench of ..."

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