manty-makingn.
/ˈmantɪmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmæn(t)iˌmeɪkɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈmantɪmekɪŋ/, /ˈmantɪmekɪn/ Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). rare.
Dressmaking.
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mantua-makinga1704
dressmaking1796
manty-making1839
dressmakership1849
dressmakery1867
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxi. 195 This here's the mantie-making con-sarn, a'nt it?
1863 S. S. Jones Northumberland & Neighbour Lands 239/1 ‘I wis' I was auld enough tae gang apprentice.’ ‘What tae?’ asked Letty. ‘Tae the manty-makin'; I wad gang tae Biddy Macstitchem.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1839