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treadle

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treadle
a. a rocking lever operated by the foot to drive a machine
b. (as modifier): a treadle sewing machine


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A little black girl sat on the floor, and with her hands worked the treadle of the machine.
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He saw God's foot upon the treadle of the loom, and spoke it; and therefore his shipmates called him mad.
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"Oh, now, really I didn't notice you," said she, taking a few turns of the treadle and steering the machine across to them.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
 
 
 
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