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Meaning of Whipstitch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
  2. A tailor.
    archaic, derogatory
  3. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.
  4. A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
    colloquial
  5. Half-ploughing or raftering.

Equivalents

العربية نوع من غرز الخياطة
Suomi aivipisto

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Whipstock whiptail whiptail disease whiptail disorder whiptail gulper whiptail stingray

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