sewistn.
/ˈsəʊɪst/, U.S. /ˈsoʊɪst/ A person who sews, esp. as a hobby. Cf. sewer n.3
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1867 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Free Press 19 Dec. But what is the use of our discussing the merits of a sewing machine; we are no ‘sewist’.
1919 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 26 Jan. 24/3 When the men were set to work cutting out emblems representing their divisions and sewing them onto the sleeves of their blouses and overcoats, they were sure they were making themselves pretty to be sent home. ‘And me the worst sewer, or sewist, in the world,’ he grumbles.
2000 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 27 Aug. (CWest ed.) They don't like the word sewers. ‘The word looks like the thing that carries that nasty stuff,..so we call ourselves sewists.’
2013 S. Kerr et al. Kid's Guide to Sewing 38 Threading a needle... Among sewists, it's okay to stick the end of the thread in your mouth to wet it.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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