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Yes, hem is playable

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"Hem" Definition

noun

A short cough or clearing of the throat made especially to gain attention, warn another, hide embarrassment, or fill a pause in speech.
An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made by folding an edge under and stitching it down.
The height or level of the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; a hemline.
A border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down.
The edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn:.

idiom

Hem and haw To be hesitant and indecisive; equivocate: "a leader who cannot make up his or her mind, never knows what to do, hems and haws” ( Margaret Thatcher).

verb-transitive

To fold back and stitch down the edge of.
To surround and shut in; enclose: a valley hemmed in by mountains. See Synonyms at enclose.

verb-intransitive

To hesitate in speech.
To utter a hem.

verb

To finish with a hem.
To surround in a restrictive manner.
To make a hem in sewing.
To utter the sound represented by.
Turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth):.

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