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In some senses, whipstitch is marked as archaic, derogatory, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
whipstitch
noun 5verb 2
Definitions
noun
1
A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
2
A tailor.
3
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?
4
A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
5
Half-ploughing or raftering.
verb
1
To sew using such a stitch.
2
To half-plough or rafter.
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