Person who does needleworking, especially as an occupation.
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She was a very clever needlewoman, expert in the mysteries of dressmaking.
2
Frances Baudoin heaved a long sigh, and fell almost lifeless into the needlewoman's arms.
3
I'm an excellent needlewoman and a fair cook, but I was never much for books.
4
The needlewoman hung down her head, overcome with confusion.
5
I never knew you were such a needlewoman, Hetty.
1
Arachne, a most industrious needleworker, had the audacity to contest against Pallas, the goddess of the art of weaving.
2
In appliqué the craft to the needleworker is not carried to its limit, but, on the other hand, it calls for great skill in design.
3
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy is the daintiest needleworker I have ever seen; she was taught by the nuns at St. Catherine's in the "ould country."
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Embroidery is usually regarded as strictly a woman's craft, but in the Middle Ages the leading needleworkers were often men.
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Once there was a girl, as there are many to-day, and she was a good needle-worker, and could make a beautiful cloak in one day.
2
In the same city on the same day a year later, women needle-workers went on strike to end sweatshops and child labour.