What does shapester mean?
Shapester means (archaic, historical) A seamstress; dressmaker; tailor.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic, historical) A seamstress; dressmaker; tailor.
In Donegal the fabrics are made up in the cottages, where also the garments are shaped with such skill and fancy as may by chance pertain to the untaught shapester.
It was the era of homespun industries; the days of websters, shapesters, litsters, brewsters, baxters and spinsters, the weaving, cutting, dyeing, brewing, baking and spinning falling naturally into woman's hands and necessitating terms showing that there were feminine duties.
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Shapester means (archaic, historical) A seamstress; dressmaker; tailor.
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In Donegal the fabrics are made up in the cottages, where also the garments are shaped with such skill and fancy as may by chance pertain to the untaught shapester.
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