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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.

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Origin:
1840–50, Americanism

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sewing machine

—n
	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

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