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smocking

American  
[smok-ing] / ˈsmɒk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. smocked needlework.

  2. embroidery stitches used to hold gathered cloth in even folds.

smocking British  
/ ˈsmɒkɪŋ /

noun

  1. ornamental needlework used to gather and stitch material in a honeycomb pattern so that the part below the gathers hangs in even folds

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Etymology

Origin of smocking

First recorded in 1885–90; smock + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Even down to the shape of this smocking and the crystal application and then the dégradé within the cape.

From New York Times

“Of course it turned out there was neither a mushroom cloud nor a smoking gun, or as Trump has repeatedly called it, a ‘smocking gun’,” Meyers said.

From The Guardian

The president did, however, score one recent success, when his neologism “smocking” proved popular.

From The Guardian

A lot of that smocking wall is built.

From Salon

Eugene Robinson: What has the president been ‘smocking’?

From Washington Post

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