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Meanings of
sempstress
in anglès
català
costurera
espanyol
modisto
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Someone who makes or mends dresses.
dressmaker
seamstress
modiste
needlewoman
català
costurera
Usage of
sempstress
in anglès
1
Nevertheless, the train that the
spinster
-
sempstress
took was the last train to leave.
2
You own that you cannot do anything for the
sempstress
and the housemaid.
3
Frances, be comforted, whispered the
sempstress
,
who had drawn near to Dagobert's wife.
4
How is it that you are here, weaving lace like any mechanical
sempstress
?
5
Seized with terror, the
sempstress
could not forbear exclaiming: Good gracious, M. Dagobert!
6
The solitary mistress of this immaculate home is a spinster
sempstress
in the thirties.
7
Grasping the hands of the poor
sempstress
,
she found them as cold as ice.
8
So saying, the pious lady glanced contemptuously at the
sempstress
.
9
The
sempstress
took the scissors from Frances' work-basket, and presented them to the soldier.
10
But the young
sempstress
did not yet understand of what crime she was accused.
11
Take the
sempstress
,
of whom so much has been said.
12
There sits a dress-maker, a
sempstress
who has had some experience of the world.
13
A pile of shaped pieces of linen told me that she was a
sempstress
.
14
As she pronounced these words, the
sempstress
raised her eyes anxiously, fearing that Mdlle.
15
Her reputed father was a scullion, her mother a
sempstress
.
16
He stopped before Loo Loo, and said, "Are you a good
sempstress
?
"
Other examples for "sempstress"
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About this term
sempstress
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
young sempstress
poor sempstress
answer the sempstress
little sempstress
deceased sempstress
More collocations
Translations for
sempstress
català
costurera
modista
sastressa
espanyol
modisto
Sempstress
through the time
Sempstress
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common