Reverse Dictionary: DRESSMAKER

NOUNS
► BLOCK a dressmaker’s dummy → a1890 sl.
► MANTY-MAKING dressmaking → 1771 Eng. dial.
► RAG-TRADE dressmaking; tailoring → c1880 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► (MY) LITTLE WOMAN ROUND THE CORNER  a dressmaker, a sewing-woman → 20C middle-class colloq.
► MANTEAU-MAKER a dressmaker; one who makes women’s robes → 1699 obs.
► MANTUA-MAKER a dressmaker; one who makes mantuas (gowns) → 1694 obs. exc. Hist.
► MANTY-MAKER a dressmaker → 1787 Sc.
► MODIST a fashionable dressmaker; a person who designs, makes, or sells fashionable articles of clothing for women → 1852 US
► MODISTE a fashionable dressmaker; a person who designs, makes, or sells fashionable articles of clothing for women → 1802
► NEEDLE DODGER a dressmaker → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► SHEPSTER a female who cuts out material; a dressmaker → 1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TIRE-WOMAN a dressmaker, a costumer; a woman employed in the making or sale of women’s clothing → c1626 obs.
► ZAWSTER a dressmaker; a seamstress → 1902 Eng. dial.