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  • noun Plural form of seamstress.

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Examples

  • Hampton graduated teachers and preachers, but it also trained students in special skills and trades such as seamstresses, culinary arts, domestic sciences, tailors, printers and masons, all of which could be used in businesses, Newby-Alexander said.

    The Shad Plank 2010

  • While many earn more, such as seamstresses making an average of $5.89 a day - even these wages pale in comparison to paychecks offered by the same companies north of the border, conceded the chamber's Humberto Banuelos.

    VivirLatino 2009

  • While many earn more, such as seamstresses making an average of $5.89 a day - even these wages pale in comparison to paychecks offered by the same companies north of the border, conceded the chamber's Humberto Banuelos.

    VivirLatino 2009

  • While many earn more, such as seamstresses making an average of $5.89 a day - even these wages pale in comparison to paychecks offered by the same companies north of the border, conceded the chamber's Humberto Banuelos.

    VivirLatino 2009

  • While many earn more, such as seamstresses making an average of $5.89 a day - even these wages pale in comparison to paychecks offered by the same companies north of the border, conceded the chamber's Humberto Banuelos.

    VivirLatino 2009

  • While many earn more, such as seamstresses making an average of $5.89 a day - even these wages pale in comparison to paychecks offered by the same companies north of the border, conceded the chamber's Humberto Banuelos.

    VivirLatino 2009

  • The quartermasters were thus at the head of a vast operation that involved, in addition to their own employees, state officials who equipped many of the army units organized in the first year of the war; contractors seeking to sell directly to the army; middlemen acting as agents between the army and various large and small providers; and representatives of labor groups -- such as seamstresses and ironworkers -- concerned about the exploitation of individuals working for government suppliers or in government factories.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • This means that when you give someone a hat, they can log on to krochetkids.org to read the seamstresses' story and send her a personal thank you message.

    Catherine Moellering: Gift Guide: Purposeful Purchases Catherine Moellering 2011

  • This means that when you give someone a hat, they can log on to krochetkids.org to read the seamstresses' story and send her a personal thank you message.

    Catherine Moellering: Gift Guide: Purposeful Purchases Catherine Moellering 2011

  • This means that when you give someone a hat, they can log on to krochetkids.org to read the seamstresses' story and send her a personal thank you message.

    Catherine Moellering: Gift Guide: Purposeful Purchases Catherine Moellering 2011

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