dressmake

Back-formation from dressmaking.

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

1. (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.

• demaskers