sewer
9
7.2
- noun
- /ˈsoʊər/
:
sastre
- I'm so glad you found the tutorial easy for a beginner sewer.
- a good sewer
- a sewer worker
Examples
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Thanks for the great tutorial, as I am a beginner sewer and need all the help I can get.
Blog text (1) -
Just a friendly reminder, I am not the most professional sewer in the world, but I think this is going to work out pretty darn cute.
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- I'm a sewer lady.
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I thought they turned out pretty well for an amateur sewer.
Blog text (1) -
I am a lifetime sewer and a beginner quilter.
Blog text (9) -
I'm a good sewer.
Fiction book (1993) -
But I'll tell you real, real, real Seamsters, seamstresses, sewers, they deserve your respect.
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Trena and I met up in Pennsylvania this weekend at Fabric Mart Fabrics with other online sewers.
Blog text (30) -
My grandmother is a skilled sewer who often makes beautiful quilts for our family.
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As a beginner sewer, Lucy found it challenging to sew a dress without any help.
Synonyms
25
3.6
A woman who sews clothes for a living
1
2.6
A person who makes clothes in a factory or workshop
1
3.5
A person who makes clothes in a factory or workshop
1
7.5
A person who folds and sews the edges of clothes
1
7.0
A woman who sews and fixes clothes for a living
A person who makes clothes by sewing
A person who sews or fixes clothes for a living
A person who uses a sewing machine to join cloth in a factory or workshop
Compounds
- Specialized
14
3.2
A system of underground pipes that carries dirty water from homes and streets
- Specialized
7
2.5
A pipe that carries dirty water and waste from buildings to a place that cleans it
- US
1
3.9
An underground drain that carries rain and surface water from streets and roofs, not waste water
- Specialized
1
4.4
A large underground pipe that carries dirty water from buildings to a treatment plant
- Offensive
1
9.0
An insulting name for a person thought to be very bad and not to be trusted
- Specialized
A bad-smelling air from drains and underground pipes that can be dangerous
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sewer for a person who sews comes from the verb sew, which means 'to join cloth with a needle', so a sewer is someone who makes or repairs clothes.