hemmern.
/ˈhɛmə/ a. One who hems; in earlier times, one who makes or trims borders of garments.
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1483 Cath. Angl. 182/2 An Hemmer, limbator.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Orlatrice, a seame-stresse, a welter, a hemmer.
1852 M. R. Mitford Recoll. I. 301 The hemmer of flounces..seemed flurried and fatigued.
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b. An attachment to a sewing machine for doing hemming (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).
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