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Here were the big cutting-out table, the treadled sewing machine, three or four chairs, many fragments of material, several half-made garments, and, upon the walls, a number of coloured prints from fashion papers.

From Coquette by Swinnerton, Frank

In the strenuousness of his concentration he treadled fitfully on the floor.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

She perched on the stool and treadled at her machine all day, turning out collars, the name of whose brand could be noted for its irrelevancy to anything in connection with collars.

From Maggie, a Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen

At that time I have had some success with a box trap treadled by an electric contrivance instead of figure 4.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association