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nouna group, especially of women, meeting regularly to sew. Origin of sewing circleAn Americanism dating back to 1840–50 Words nearby sewing circlesewer, sewerage, sewer pill, sewin, sewing, sewing circle, sewing cotton, sewing machine, sewing needle, sewing silk, sewing table Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sewing circleThis view was propounded in a sewing-circle discussion and, leaking down to us through our mothers, greatly amused us. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays|Willa Cather There fell a hush of awe over the sewing-circle, and even Miss Snob was a moment in bringing out her second. A Book o' Nine Tales.|Arlo Bates I simply smiled vaguely, and asked where the sewing-circle was to be next week. The Diary of a Saint|Arlo Bates The matter is discussed, at first, (agreeably to custom,) in the sewing-circle of the town. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866|Various
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