sewing machine
any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
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How to make face masks for kids and adults—no sewing machine required | empire | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhether it’s for you or the little ones in your home, you can easily make your own face masks—no sewing machines needed.
How to make face masks for kids and adults—no sewing machine required | empire | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThey walked me in and laid me down, face first, on what I’m pretty sure was just a massage table, and fed me into a surgical robot that looked like a giant sewing machine.
Some 31,000 men paid a membership fee to join Lowry’s Church of Love and provided monetary Love Offerings to the nonexistent angels for their nonexistent needs — garden seeds, winter coats, car repairs and sewing machines.
We’re constantly fooling ourselves — and that’s (mostly) okay | Katie Hafner | March 26, 2021 | Washington PostTwo years ago, my mom bought me a sewing machine for my birthday, but before that day my son asked me to use it, I had only turned it on twice.
Some objects will remind us of the pandemic long after it’s over | Theresa Vargas | February 17, 2021 | Washington Post
His best-loved character was “as beautiful as the fortuitous encounter on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella.”
The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinTip wore leaky boots all last winter, but when spring came he bought Mrs. Pulsifer a sewing machine.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydShe went up in the mornings to Madame Lebrun's room, braving the clatter of the old sewing-machine.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHe was unaware at the time of Elias Howe's sewing machine invention of 1846.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyHer mother sat at a sewing-machine intent upon some work, the needle eating up a spreading piece of cloth.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for sewing machine
any machine designed to sew material. It is now usually driven by electric motor but is sometimes operated by a foot treadle or by hand
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