Definitions

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  • noun A tailor who specialises in making sleeves.

Etymologies

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sleeve +‎ maker

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Examples

  • Eschewing further education and employment in her relatives’ business, she took a job in 1906 as a sleevemaker, with the clear intent of becoming involved in trade union work.

    Fannia M. Cohn. 2009

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