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Definition of Sempstresses
1. sempstress [n] - See also: sempstress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sempstresses
Literary usage of Sempstresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"sempstresses' Palsy.—Under this name Dr. VAN HOLSBEEK describes an affection
having a certain degree of analogy to writers' cramp (or rather to "scribe ..."
2. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work by Virginia Penny (1863)
"No other parts of the work are suited to their strength and dress." 330.
sempstresses. In 1845, there were in New York ten thousand ..."
3. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"Musical sempstresses—Return to Utrecht. Utrecht, 2d July, 1780. WELL, thank Heaven!
Amsterdam is behind us; how I got thither signifies not one farthing; ..."
4. Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856: Including a by William Ellis (1858)
"Scenes of Riot and Drunkenness. — The Governor's Dinner to the Officers from the
Capital. — Bearers engaged for the Journey.—The Government sempstresses. ..."
5. Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856: Including a by William Ellis (1859)
"The Government sempstresses. BEFORE leaving the Cape of Good Hope, in 1855,1 had
received a letter from the Malagasy government, conveying to Mr. Cameron ..."
6. A Residence at Sierra Leone: Described from a Journal Kept on the Spot, and by Elizabeth Colville Colville of Culross, Elizabeth Melville, Caroline Sheridan Norton (1849)
"... Difficulty of getting a fresh stock of Work-box Indispensables — Set about
making Little Shoes — Reluctance of sempstresses to ascend the Hill. ..."
7. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work. By Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny (1863)
"No other parts of the work are suited to their strength and dress." 330.
sempstresses. In 1845, there were in New York ten thousand ..."
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