✹ Terry Foreman on 13 Jan 2012 • Link Mrs Smith was a sempstress in a mercer's shop in the New Exchange, Strand. (L&M note.)
✹ Mary on 14 Jan 2012 • Link Sempstress. Now, there's an unusual term. It reflects the way that I habitually pronounce the word 'seamstress' but you don't often see it in print.
✹ Terry Foreman on 4 May 2020 • Link sempstress a woman employed to sewhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/se…
References Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries. 1667 May 15 Jul 13 Sep 21 1668 Jun 20 1669 Jan 11
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First Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
Mrs Smith was a sempstress in a mercer's shop in the New Exchange, Strand. (L&M note.)
Mary • Link
Sempstress.
Now, there's an unusual term. It reflects the way that I habitually pronounce the word 'seamstress' but you don't often see it in print.
Second Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
sempstress
a woman employed to sew
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/se…