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Embroiderer   /ɛmbrˈɔɪdərər/   Listen
Embroiderer

noun
1.
Someone who ornaments with needlework.





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"Embroiderer" Quotes from Famous Books



... than a few seconds, and I, kinglike, immediately assumed my royal prerogative after the coronation, and instantly levied a tax on my only subjects which was, however, not paid unwillingly. Ah! the cap is there, but the embroiderer has fled; for Atropos was severing the web of life above her head while she was weaving that ...
— Masterpieces of Mystery - Riddle Stories • Various
... in early English crewel embroidery is a very fascinating occupation and well repays the expenditure of time. So little has been written about this particular phase of the embroiderer's art, that it is by old records and examples one becomes best informed and in a great measure enabled to trace the growth of the style that culminated in the massive designs that derived their name from the ...
— Jacobean Embroidery - Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor • Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam and A. F. Morris Hands


Words linked to "Embroiderer" :   needleworker, embroideress, embroider


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