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sewing silk

noun

  1. finely twisted silk thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sewing silk1

First recorded in 1470–80
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Example Sentences

Better than ninepence, and finding your own cotton and sewing-silk.

"Some green sewing silk, six handkerchiefs, and a tooth-brush," said Tarling promptly and the girl stared at him in comic dismay.

No sewing silk is fine enough to use without separating the thread and using one of the strands.

Sometimes scent satchets and jewelled caskets are found fitted with quaint reels for sewing silk and curious needle holders.

They used the smallest Chinese "sea-grass" lines, or home-made lines of three strands of black sewing-silk twisted together.

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