Sewster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sewster is a noun meaning (archaic or dialectal) A seamstress; a sewer (someone who sews).
Meaning
(archaic or dialectal) A seamstress; a sewer (someone who sews).
Example Sentences
At every twisted thrid my rock let fly Unto the sewster
Bound with strong cord! A sewster's thread, i'faith, had been enough [...]
[…] and not of men only but of women and the same not only learned but labouring men, sewsters, servants, and handmaids.
This Letter mentions that portraits of Cromwell, Lockhart, and Mr. Sewster, were then in the possession of Mr. Gosling, of Wistow, near Ramsey, in Huntingdonshire, whose Grandfather married a Sewster.
Word Forms
- sewsters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seamer, hemstitcher, whipstitch, seamstressing, windster, spinster.
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