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- noun Attributive form of
sewing machine
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Examples
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They said workshop managers were being charged between 300 yuan about $48 and 600 yuan for each machine used, in what Chinese discussing the matter online called the "sewing-machine tax."
Chinese Town Cancels Tax That Sparked Riots James T. Areddy 2011
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Kind of looks like they took an old sewing-machine frame ... which sounds like a genius idea.
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I had just returned from a trip below, and Miss West was venting her scorn on the River Plate and promising to go below to the sewing-machine, when we heard Mr. Pike groan.
CHAPTER XXIX 2010
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Mr. Rajaratnam, 53 years old, grew up in Sri Lanka, the son of a sewing-machine company manager.
Fund Titan Found Guilty Michael Rothfeld 2011
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{5} It was no uncommon thing in these sweatshops for men to sit bent over a sewing-machine continuously from eleven to fifteen hours
THE TRAMP 2010
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Kind of looks like they took an old sewing-machine frame ... which sounds like a genius idea.
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In the main cabin she has installed a sewing-machine.
CHAPTER XX 2010
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The son of a sewing-machine factory manager, Mr. Rajaratnam told people his name meant "king of kings."
Trader Draws Record Sentence Susan Pulliam 2011
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The roster of clients at his sewing-machine repair shop, he says, included Emanuel Ungaro , Ralph Lauren , Michaele Vollbracht , Perry Ellis , Marc Jacobs and Liz Claiborne .
In Fashion With Pliers Jessica Firger 2011
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Next, she had bought a sewing-machine and made men's drill parkas, fur caps, and moosehide mittens.
Chapter XII 2010
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