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Definition of Sewable
1. sew [adj] - See also: sew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewable
Literary usage of Sewable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1849)
"... and Repairs of the Sewers within the respective Commissions of Sewers in
England should be discharged by the Occupiers of sewable Lands within each ..."
2. A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the ... Year of the by Great Britain (1849)
"... and Repairs of the Sewers within the respective Commissions of Sewers in
England should be discharged by the Occupiers of sewable Lands within each ..."
3. Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge (1903)
"I made the drugget and matting floor- coverings, the chintz curtains, the dimity
bed-furniture —made everything, in fact, that was sewable, for, fortunately ..."
4. Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge (1903)
"I made the drugget and matting floor- coverings, the chintz curtains, the dimity
bed-furniture —made everything, in fact, that was sewable, for, fortunately ..."
5. The Cabinet Lawyer: A Popular Digest of the Laws of England, Civil, Criminal by John Wade (1874)
"... 40s. ; they may also appoint dyke-reeves, who must Ix? occupiers or not less
than ten acres of sewable land. Persons not keeping in repair any bank, ..."
6. The British Almanac: Containing Astronomical, Official and Other Information by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1850)
"... to be called a dyke- reeve, for a district or sub-district, who is to be
selected from occupiers of not less than ten acres of sewable land, ..."
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