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Example sentences for: presser

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During sewing, the feed-dog on the machine—a part that comes up through two slots in the stitch plate and engages the bottom ply of cloth—will pull the bottom ply under the presser foot and against the pull of the thread.
If the sewing machine is correctly threaded, the operator then lifts the presser foot—a device that comes down on either side of the needle to hold the cloth—and, if the needle is in the up position, inserts the fabric.
The union czars lived fat on union dues: In the mid-'80s, president Jackie Presser squandered $650,000 on a party where he costumed himself as a Roman emperor and entered on a litter borne aloft by four muscled men.
a) A clothing presser in the garment or dry-cleaning industry who specializes.
Otherwise, the operator turns the machine wheel to get the needle in the up position, lowers the presser foot, sews the beginning of the seam, backstitches to lock the seam, grabs the two plies of cloth near where the seam will end, and guides the cloth through the sewing machine.