Definition of Staymaker. Meaning of Staymaker. Synonyms of Staymaker

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Definition of Staymaker

Staymaker
Staymaker Stay"mak`er, n. One whose occupation is to make stays.

Meaning of Staymaker from wikipedia

- the French equivalent terms corsetier (male) and corsetière (female). Staymaker is an obsolete name for a corsetmaker. The best corsetmakers are highly...
- members of the Opposition. After arriving in London in 1760 to work as a staymaker, he soon turned to become a writer and made a living as a journalist....
- King of Prussia. Upon returning to Britain in 1759, he became a master staymaker, establishing a shop in Sandwich, Kent. On September 27, 1759, Paine married...
- from start to finish, either at home or by individual craftsmen, called staymakers. By the 19th century, most corsets were made in factories, and each step...
- Thomas Taylor was born in the City of London on 15 May 1758, the son of a staymaker Joseph Taylor and his wife Mary (born Summers). He was educated at St...
- for each smuggler who was captured. Eventually, Thomas Kingsmill, alias Staymaker; William Fairall, alias Shepherd; Richard Perin, alias Pain, alias Carpenter;...
- Great Britain between 1780 and 1796. Gipps was the son of Henry Gipps, a staymaker of Ashford, and his wife Sarah Flint. He began as an apothecary at Canterbury...
- emerge as its own profession in France. These craftsmen were known as staymakers. The work was specialized and generally considered men's work, although...
- Northamptonshire, England, in 1769. He was a son of Thomas Kingston, who was a Staymaker, and his wife Ann (maiden surname of Osborn or Osborne), who married at...
- result of audacious usurpation, and of the elevation of Tom Paine, from a Staymaker to a fine Gentleman, from an Exciseman to a Sovereign, as the reward of...