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Smocking   Listen
Smocking

noun
1.
Embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches.





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"Smocking" Quotes from Famous Books



... bulgy; not the skull of a thinker, nor yet the skull of a creator, just the skull of a natural-born fighting man. The big, ridgy veins in the back of his neck stood out like window-cords from a close smocking of fine wrinkles. The neck itself was tanned to a brickdust red. A gnawed white mustache bristled on his upper lip. He was tall without seeming to be tall and broad without appearing broad, and he was old enough for a grandfather and ...
— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb


Words linked to "Smocking" :   smock, fancywork, embroidery


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