Advertisement
Advertisement
sewing machine
noun
- any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
sewing machine
noun
- any machine designed to sew material. It is now usually driven by electric motor but is sometimes operated by a foot treadle or by hand
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of sewing machine1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Discover More
Example Sentences
His best-loved character was “as beautiful as the fortuitous encounter on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella.”
From The Daily Beast
The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
From Project Gutenberg
Tip wore leaky boots all last winter, but when spring came he bought Mrs. Pulsifer a sewing machine.
From Project Gutenberg
She went up in the mornings to Madame Lebrun's room, braving the clatter of the old sewing-machine.
From Project Gutenberg
He was unaware at the time of Elias Howe's sewing machine invention of 1846.
From Project Gutenberg
Her mother sat at a sewing-machine intent upon some work, the needle eating up a spreading piece of cloth.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse