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hemmed

Variant of hem

noun

  1. the border on a garment or piece of cloth, usually made by folding the edge and sewing it down
  2. any border, edge, or margin

transitive verb hemmed, hemming

to fold back the edge of and sew down; put a hem or hems on

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