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homesewn

adj

Etymology

From home + sewn.

  1. derived from *syewH-✻ — “to sew”
  2. inherited from *siwjaną✻ — “to sew”
  3. inherited from siwian
  4. inherited from sewen
  5. suffixed as sewn — “sew + n”
  6. compounded as homesewn — “home + sewn”

Definitions

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

    • Hair brushed back, legs oiled, new dresses and pressed pleats, fresh pocket handkerchiefs and little handbags, all homesewn.
    • Giles could not have said why the young man impressed him so much more than any of the prefects […] but he did, for all his patched boots, and a suit that seemed to be homesewn from pieces of tweed.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA