Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
sewin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var.
Cambricus ) of the salmon trout.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete Past participle of
sew - noun dialect A
British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of thesalmon trout .
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Examples
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“My neighbor wears a wig that she has sewen to her head”
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Look inside and see how it is lined, are theseams duble sewen tc, ... how some of the zippers were actually hand stitched in and such.
Living the Slow Life 2008
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This meant that the hand-quilted quilt, the hand-appliqued quilt, the hand-sewen and hand-quilted white on white trapunto type quilts were STILL HIGHLY VALUAABLE OBJECTS and provided for many a former slave household a means by which a woman, in particular, could work at home and still earn money and still care for her own children.
Jilted quilts Roger Sutton 2007
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My frist stuffed animal was this little blue horse and his legs were sewen on in a way that his legs were very movable!
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The contents of the package were lovingly labeled and she even sent some hand-sewen Christmas ornaments, including a special one for my son...how thoughtful is that?
Blogging By Mail Katie Khoury 2007
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The contents of the package were lovingly labeled and she even sent some hand-sewen Christmas ornaments, including a special one for my son...how thoughtful is that?
Archive 2007-01-01 Katie Khoury 2007
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And whan the Chane saghe, that thei made non obstacle to performen his commandement, thanne he thoughte wel, that he myghte trusten in hem, and commanded hem anon to make hem redy, and to sewen his banere.
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I've only sewen a few feet so far, and my eyes started hurting from squinting into the shiny, dark red fabric.
Forgive the runaway train of thought, it's very late missleigh 2004
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Since it is three o'clock in the morning, the stiches appear to have been sewen by a drunk monkey, but I don't think it will end up being very noticable.
Forgive the runaway train of thought, it's very late missleigh 2004
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And thanne anon aftre, alle the lordes, that ben of the emperours lynage, nobely arrayed in riche clothes of gold, and ryally apparayled on white stedes, als manye as may wel sewen hem at that tyme, ben redy to maken here presentes to the emperour.
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