sewin
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sewin
C16: origin unknown
Example Sentences
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Another campaigner, Simon Walters, said the spills would affect sewin and salmon movements.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024
De chillun have dey lamp dere studyin en I hab my lamp dere sewin.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
Excellent fishing—for sea fish, trout, sewin, and often salmon—abounds off the coast or in the streams.
From Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway. by Barham, George Basil
Yes suh, I keeps workin' every day and likes to keep up my sewin'.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration
If it wornt for tewin, an' sewin, an' plowin whear wod th' harvest be?
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
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