Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heavy, three-cord thread of linen with a soft satin-like finish, used for sewing breadths of carpet together.
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Examples
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Now she sat in the old Peabody pew darning the forlorn, faded cushion with gray carpet-thread; thread as gray as her own life.
Homespun Tales Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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Now she sat in the old Peabody pew darning the forlorn, faded cushion with grey carpet-thread: thread as grey as her own life.
The Old Peabody Pew Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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