dressmake

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verb

To make (a dress or dresses).

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Meanings

verbdressmake (third-person singular simple present dressmakes, present participle dressmaking, simple past and past participle dressmade)

present singular third person dressmakes · participle present dressmaking · participle past dressmade · past dressmade

  1. ambitransitiveTo make (a dress or dresses).

    She dressmade and knitted for extra money.

    2015, Pat Kinevane, Underneath, page 5
    2 more examples

    She dressmakes for $1.50 a day (when she can get it) and embroiders centrepieces in the evening.

    1912, Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs

    With Easter almost here, Corette, as suit-minded as you are, dressmakes a suit slip with a white bias top, prettily appliqued and embroidered […]

    1948 March 22, LIFE, page 126

Origin

Back-formation from dressmaking.

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APA

dressmake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressmake

MLA

“dressmake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressmake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dressmake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressmake.

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