sewing silk

noun

1. finely twisted silk thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sewing silk¹

First recorded in 1470–80

Example Sentences

Better than ninepence, and finding your own cotton and sewing-silk.

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"Some green sewing silk, six handkerchiefs, and a tooth-brush," said Tarling promptly and the girl stared at him in comic dismay.

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No sewing silk is fine enough to use without separating the thread and using one of the strands.

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Sometimes scent satchets and jewelled caskets are found fitted with quaint reels for sewing silk and curious needle holders.

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They used the smallest Chinese "sea-grass" lines, or home-made lines of three strands of black sewing-silk twisted together.

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