hemmer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that hems.
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a sewing-machine attachment for hemming edges.
noun
Etymology
Origin of hemmer
Example Sentences
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An attachment in machinery is some mechanism that can be brought into optional connection with the principal movement; a hemmer is a valuable attachment of a sewing-machine.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
If the felling is done with the machine hemmer, the wide edge must be on the opposite side.
From Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson
Watty, whan ye fess the bit boxie, jist pit a hemmer an' a puckle nails i' your pooch to men' the hen hoose door.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
Neither his ignorance nor his simplicity prevented him from taking out three patents: the first in 1865 for a sewing-machine hemmer, and the last in 1882 for an improvement in incandescent lamps.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
I suggested hemmer, tucker, quilter, braider, ruffler, and every known attachment I could think of, but each was produced with a flourish that negatived every proposition.
From Six Days on the Hurricane Deck of a Mule An account of a journey made on mule back in Honduras, C.A. in August, 1891 by Almira Stillwell Cole
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