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homesewn

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Sewn at home (rather than in a factory, shop, etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1869, William Henry Hamilton Rogers, Wanderings in Devon, Seaton, “Colcombe and the Devonshire Antiquary,” p. 161, A plague on these “labour-saving” machines of our Yankee cousins, they invade everything—from old Aunt Grace’s work-box and needle-craft—good, wholesome, home-sewn shirts and their slop rivals—to the poetry of the hayfield.

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History

Etymology

From home + sewn.