samplery

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noun

The production of samplers (ornamental needlework).

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounsamplery (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe production of samplers (ornamental needlework).

    As samplery became more and more a record of the worker's skill, name and date were sometimes worked in an obscure corner.

    1946, Country Life, volume 100, page 70
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