sempstress

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sempstress

/ˈsɛmpstɹɪs/

noun sempstresses

A seamstress, a woman employed to sew. Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn.

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@misc{sempstress_2026,
  title = {sempstress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sempstress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}