sewing machine

noun

: a machine that is used for sewing things

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If unavailable, try finding a sewing pattern at a crafts store or hit up your most creative relative who owns a sewing machine. Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025 Make Something New Get out the sewing machine and turn old pillowcases into laundry bags, aprons, dinner napkins, or smaller pillow covers. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025 After sitting at my sewing machine for a couple of hours, my neck aches and my right foot is stiff from standing to attention over the pedal. Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine. Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sewing machine

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“Sewing machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewing%20machine. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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sewing machine

noun
: a machine for sewing
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