We have no meanings for "do the mending" in our records yet.
1 Mrs. Mumpson can do the mending and ironing, I suppose.
2 I volunteered , - to do the mending , not to lend the wherewithal.
3 Sam, you go back and pay the old man whatever he wants, while Tom and I do the mending .
4 Roswell and Frank soon learned how to sew on a button and do the mending which their garments occasionally required.
5 The women did the mending of all the clothes worn by the convicts.
6 She did the mending and the ironing; Mr. Reed insisted they should have a washerwoman.
7 Some one must have done the mending and darning and laundry work, but I never saw any of that.
8 He did the mending nicely.
9 A girl she knew had roomed with a Freshman the year before and the child adored her and did the mending of both.
10 "I suppose you'll do the mending part, Bumpus?"
11 "I only came to ask if I should finish your tea-gown in the morning, or do the mending , as usual;" Mona replied.
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