"dressmake" meaning in All languages combined

See dressmake on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: dressmakes [present, singular, third-person], dressmaking [participle, present], dressmade [participle, past], dressmade [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from dressmaking. Head templates: {{en-verb|dressmakes|dressmaking|dressmade}} 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). Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-dressmake-en-verb-6VwPR34W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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          "ref": "1912, Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs:",
          "text": "She dressmakes for $1.50 a day (when she can get it) and embroiders centrepieces in the evening.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1948 March 22, LIFE, page 126:",
          "text": "With Easter almost here, Corette, as suit-minded as you are, dressmakes a suit slip with a white bias top, prettily appliqued and embroidered […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "text": "She dressmade and knitted for extra money.",
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    },
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          "text": "With Easter almost here, Corette, as suit-minded as you are, dressmakes a suit slip with a white bias top, prettily appliqued and embroidered […]",
          "type": "quote"
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