noun
: any of the various businesses involved in the manufacture of clothing — usually used in plural with the
immigrants worked as peddlers or entered the expanding needle trades — American Guide Series: New York City
noun
: any of the various businesses involved in the manufacture of clothing — usually used in plural with the
immigrants worked as peddlers or entered the expanding needle trades — American Guide Series: New York City
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012