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backstitch

/ˈbækˌstɪt͡ʃ/ noun

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noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about backstitch at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. An overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one.

verb

  1. Do backstitches.

Origin

From back + stitch.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

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