Sewster

noun

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Noun

1
A seamstress; a sewer (someone who sews). archaic, dialectal
"At every twisted thrid my rock let fly Unto the sewster"

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Example

"At every twisted thrid my rock let fly Unto the sewster"

Etymology

From Middle English sewstare, sowstare, sewestre, sowestre, equivalent to sew + -ster. Compare seamster, spinster.

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