dressmake
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from dressmaking.
Verb
[edit]dressmake (third-person singular simple present dressmakes, present participle dressmaking, simple past and past participle dressmade)
- (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.