Person who does needleworking, especially as an occupation.
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Examples for "needlewoman "
Examples for "needlewoman "
1 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."
4 Embroidery is usually regarded as strictly a woman's craft, but in the Middle Ages the leading needleworkers were often men.
1 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.
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