单词	sempstress
释义	sempstress /ˈsɛm(p)strɪs / noun Another term for seamstress.Young Misses will be improved in Reading, Grammar, and Writing; and particular attention will be paid such whose abilities entitle them to become complete sempstresses.... The 1696 parable about the dangers of middle-class women dressing like ‘persons of quality’ has its roots in the more or less endemic anxiety that prostitutes' ‘excellent Art… can easily turn a Sempstress into a waiting Gentlewoman.’
随便看	have a heart of gold have a lash at have all day have a lock on have a long way to go have a lot (or not much) on the ball have a mind of one's own have a moment have a mountain to climb have an axe to grind have an eye for have a nice day have ants in one's pants have a/one's cross to bear have a (or a good or half a) mind to do something have a (or one's) bellyful have a plum in one's mouth have a problem with have a screw loose have a shy at have a soft spot (also soft corner) for have at have a thick (or thin) skin have a thick skin have a thing about

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