Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Sewing; the occupation or business of a seamstress.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The business of a seamstress.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun archaic The business of a seamstress.

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Examples

  • A/N: A special thank you to Azriona, who pinch hit beta'd for this chapter and who had seamstressy things to say about the dresses that helped a lot.

    Fic Update amberfocus 2009

  • No matter — as an appendage to seamstressy, the thread-paper might be of some consequence to my mother — of none to my father, as a mark in Slawkenbergius.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • No matter — as an appendage to seamstressy, the thread-paper might be of some consequence to my mother — of none to my father, as a mark in Slawkenbergius.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

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