What is "shirtmaker"

Usage examples of "shirtmaker".

A delivery van bearing the name of his shirtmaker had already arrived at the front entrance of the hotel, but he had seen nothing of the bullet-headed boxer in sunglasses or of the 1950 vintage American tourist.

His shoes came from his personal shoemaker in Milan, his silk shirts from his shirtmaker in Geneva, his foulards from an artisan in Lyon to designs by Miss Noon, his linen from Madeira, his suits from his tailor in Brussels, his belts from his Seville beltmaker, his hats from his Bond Street hatter.

And he owes money to God and all His saintsto every shirtmaker and tobacconist and hat maker in town.

Ming Dwan had left her desk and had gone into a rest room, where she peeled off her drab dark blue dress, turning it inside out so that it became a bright red shirtmaker consisting of combination skirt and blouse.

His cream silk shirt had come, like all his others, from a small shirtmaker in Como.

Goldring was a custom shirtmaker, and the offices of his firm, Goldring Clothiers, were located on Stillman Street, a one-block alley in the shadow of the 1-80 freeway and not far from Moscone Center.

South pulled lightly on the sleeves of his jacket, returning the tailored line to his broad shoulders and doing the work of his valet and shirtmaker proud.

In Boston the police went out on strike, and in New York City cigarmakers, shirtmakers, carpenters, bakers, teamsters, and barbers were out on strike.

I had the impression that George put himself in the hands of the most expensive tailors, shirtmakers, outfitters and hairdressers he could find.

So you can imagine my surprise when I wandered down a couple of back alleyways and found Rupert Cornwall's place of business to be a rundown little storefront right between a fish peddler and a shirtmaker.