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Definition of sewing bird

: a clamp usually fastened to a table edge and having a birdlike beak to hold work to be sewed by hand

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“Sewing bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewing%20bird. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.

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