Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective sewn by hand rather than machine.
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- adjective
Sewn by hand , without the use of asewing machine .
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- adjective sewn by hand rather than machine
Etymologies
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Examples
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A detail of the crisscrossing threads of a recently handsewn jacket is shown here.
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The handsewn binding is tight, making the spine rigid.
Smithsonian undertakes $225,000 effort to restore the Jefferson Bible 2011
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Absolutely my favourite narrative environment designer, Crystal is someone I've known since she'd crawl under my dining room table in a gorgeous jewel of a dress handsewn by her mum, but barefoot (and to my parents 'everlasting horror, sans knickers).
Archive 2009-05-01 L. Lee Lowe 2009
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The handsewn binding is tight, making the spine rigid.
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Absolutely my favourite narrative environment designer, Crystal is someone I've known since she'd crawl under my dining room table in a gorgeous jewel of a dress handsewn by her mum, but barefoot (and to my parents 'everlasting horror, sans knickers).
Rediscovering Crystal L. Lee Lowe 2009
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The only completely handsewn quilt I've ever made, it's the perfect winter nest for a newborn.
Healing Sunlight regina doman 2008
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The only completely handsewn quilt I've ever made, it's the perfect winter nest for a newborn.
Archive 2008-01-01 regina doman 2008
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My handsewn leather Zimbabwean boots, soled in tyre rubber, have outlasted any commercial product and still don't let in a drop of moisture.
After counting every L. Lee Lowe 2008
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My handsewn leather Zimbabwean boots, soled in tyre rubber, have outlasted any commercial product and still don't let in a drop of moisture.
Archive 2008-03-01 L. Lee Lowe 2008
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We have a fez with "visionary" handsewn on the crown we'd like to give him.
Kevin Smokler: The Shelf Talker: Arugula, Poetry, and New Best Friends 2009
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