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- verb Present participle of
unsew .
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Examples
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So I washed him and, unsewing his gown, found in the bosom a ruby worth thousands of gold pieces and said to myself, ‘By Allah, this youth was indeed weaned from worldly things!’
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“Here are the three letters,” said Jacqueline, who had finished unsewing the lining of her gown.
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"Don't cod yourself, crack-pate; it isn't an unsewing-machine at all; it's a motor-cycle on the road to 31 dugout, away yonder."
Under Fire: the story of a squad Henri Barbusse 1904
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"Here are the three letters," said Jacqueline, who had finished unsewing the lining of her gown.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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So I washed him and unsewing his gown, found in the bosom a ruby worth thousands of diners and said to myself, "By
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879
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