Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rent or ripped at the seams.
  • noun A rent along a seam.

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Examples

  • The man drew from the pockets of his seam-rent iron-gray trousers a pair of hands as black as those of a mechanic.

    The Two Brothers Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • The man drew from the pockets of his seam-rent iron-gray trousers a pair of hands as black as those of a mechanic.

    The Celibates Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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