sampler

as inillustrative
as inpollster
as inembroidery

Antonyms for sampler

pollster

noun. polltaker

Word Origin & History

"embroidery specimen by a beginner to show skill," 1520s, from sample (n.); earlier "pattern, model, example to be imitated" (early 14c.). The connecting notion is probably "piece of embroidery serving as a pattern to be copied, or to fix and retain the pattern." As "a collection of samples" from 1912.

Example Sentences forsampler

But the room was empty; the lamp was turned down; the sampler was pushed aside.

I can do that in a way at home over my sampler or my white seam.

I thought of catamounts and bears; and then I thought of my sampler.

She ought to work a sampler and learn the letters to mark her own clothes.

The decorative and the useful were evenly balanced in sampler making.

On the face of the sampler it will be noticed that lines have been drawn for the guidance of the worker.

The sampler is designed to show how far one can dispense with it.

The darning of the sampler, Illustration 43, is very simple.

The sampler, Illustration 46, wants little or no explanation.

A sampler on the wall informed the world that there was no place like home.

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More words related to sampler

embroidery

pollster