sewing silk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sewing silk
First recorded in 1470–80
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
From these she made patterns, cutting and sewing silk flowers that she arranged in the parlor.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
She couldn't match the edging, but she took two samples that were nearest to it, and she couldn't find the peculiar blue shade of sewing silk.
From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Douglas, Amanda M.
Materials: Flannel 6½" × 6½", patch 3" × 3"; sewing silk; needle No. 8.
From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle
Our new toys, and the little cases of sewing silk sold well, and people began to come more, after I lent Almiry some money to lay in a stock of better goods.
From May Flowers by Alcott, Louisa May
And if here ain’t linings, and thread, and sewing silk, and hooks and eyes!
From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Maniates, Belle Kanaris
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
