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Whipstitch

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
  2. 2
    a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally wordnet
  3. 3
    A tailor. archaic, derogatory
  4. 4
    Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.

    "c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce?"

  5. 5
    A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant. colloquial
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  1. 6
    Half-ploughing or raftering.
Verb
  1. 1
    To sew using such a stitch.
  2. 2
    To half-plough or rafter.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From whip + stitch.

Etymology 2

From whip + stitch.

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