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Definition of "lace-mender" [lace-mender]

  • One who mends or repairs lace; specifically, in lace-making, one who restores damaged meshes in machine-made net. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "lace-mender" in a sentence
  • "A lace-mender may make a good wife as well as a lady; but of course you have taken care to ascertain thoroughly that since she has not education, fortune or station, she is well furnished with such natural qualities as you think most likely to conduce to your happiness."
  • "I enjoyed the surprise I should give; I enjoyed the triumph of my practice over his theory; and leaning over the table, and uttering the words slowly but with repressed glee, I said concisely — “She is a lace-mender.”"
  • "I earned money a little, and this money I grave for lessons in the studies I have mentioned; some of it I spent in buying books, English books especially; soon I shall try to find a place of governess, or school-teacher, when I can write and speak English well; but it will be difficult, because those who know I have been a lace-mender will despise me, as the pupils here despise me."