sewin
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sewin
C16: origin unknown
Example Sentences
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With fishermen only catching "six sewin last year, there's a strong possibility that they won't take up their licenses next year".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mekatek said it shared concerns about the drop in sewin and had spent more than "40 years developing and improving our processes to ensure we are not a factor in that reduction".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Another campaigner, Simon Walters, said the spills would affect sewin and salmon movements.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
She said it made her shoulder ache to sew, and poor Erastus's sister Lily used to do all her sewin'.
From The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
With one of them there charts," declared Old Captain, admiringly, "I could make a pair o' pants or a winter overcoat—all but the sewin'.
From The Cinder Pond by Carroll Watson Rankin
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