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- noun Alternative spelling of
draftswoman .
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Examples
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What have been less well known until now, however, are her skills as a draughtswoman and fashion designer? specifically, as a creator of superhero outfits.
Margaret Atwood creates superhero outfits for Twitter avatars Esther Addley 2010
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The ingenious draughtswoman states the drawing to have been taken during a recent tour; and our readers will allow it to be _fair sketch_.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828 Various
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Her next step should be to obtain a place as draughtswoman or general assistant in an architect's office.
The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Marjory MacMurchy Willison
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The San Reve, like Mrs. Warmdollar, worked in a department, being a draughtswoman in the Treasury Building, and attached to the staff of the supervising architect.
The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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He died, and I came to Ottawa as a draughtswoman for the young engineer, Balue.
The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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At all events it is the work of some one who could draw, and only a draughtsman or draughtswoman could have worked it.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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Thus, for example, she was exquisite in the use of the needle, and so ready and ingenious a draughtswoman, that, like the ancient Mexicans, she sometimes made a hasty sketch with her pencil the means of conveying her ideas, either by direct or emblematical representation.
Peveril of the Peak 1822
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Thus, for example, she was exquisite in the use of the needle, and so ready and ingenious a draughtswoman, that, like the ancient Mexicans, she sometimes made a hasty sketch with her pencil the means of conveying her ideas, either by direct or emblematical representation.
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
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What has been less well known until now, however, are her skills as a draughtswoman and fashion designer - specifically, as a creator of superhero outfits.
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