单词 | sewing bird |
释义 | > as lemmassewing bird sewing bird n. ΚΠ 1857 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 21 Nov. 192/3 (advt.) Gold bracelets, gold pencils, sewing-birds. 1868 in E. E. Hale Ingham Papers (1869) 224 What is the matter with New-Altona? Emily has a very good sewing-bird that was made there. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sewing-bird,..a device for holding the work while sewing... It has assumed many forms, the bird being ornamental and holding the work in its beak. 1949 R. J. Sim Pages from Past 10 Who can say when the ancestor of the sewing bird made its appearance on the edge of the table? < as lemmas |
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