dressmake

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English

Etymology

Back-formation from dressmaking.

Verb

dressmake (third-person singular simple present dressmakes, present participle dressmaking, simple past and past participle dressmade)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make (a dress or dresses).
    • 1912, Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs:
      She dressmakes for $1.50 a day (when she can get it) and embroiders centrepieces in the evening.
    • 1948 March 22, LIFE, page 126:
      With Easter almost here, Corette, as suit-minded as you are, dressmakes a suit slip with a white bias top, prettily appliqued and embroidered []
    • 2015, Pat Kinevane, Underneath, page 5:
      She dressmade and knitted for extra money.

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