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Inside the house, the head servant and seamstress sabotaged him to advance her own child; in the fields, overseers beat him for the slightest offense.
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Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Back then, most of her wardrobe consisted of hand-me-downs from her sister, Alice, a vintage obsessive, and pieces handmade by her mother, a seamstress talented enough to make her own wedding dress.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2026
Inside a tent serving as a dressing room, seamstresses put the finishing touches on costumes inspired by the opera world as volunteers prepped for the stage.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Skaters make sure the dresses fit OK before McKinnon and her four-person seamstress team add sparkle, which usually means a crystal count in the thousands.
—Patrice Hutton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Back then, most of her wardrobe consisted of hand-me-downs from her sister, Alice, a vintage obsessive, and pieces handmade by her mother, a seamstress talented enough to make her own wedding dress.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2026
Inside a tent serving as a dressing room, seamstresses put the finishing touches on costumes inspired by the opera world as volunteers prepped for the stage.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Skaters make sure the dresses fit OK before McKinnon and her four-person seamstress team add sparkle, which usually means a crystal count in the thousands.
—Patrice Hutton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Seamstress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seamstress. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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seamstress
noun
seam·stress
ˈsēm(p)-strəs 
: a woman who sews especially for a living
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