whipstitch

1. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.

   a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally

2. 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?

3. (colloquial)A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.

4. Half-ploughing or raftering.

5. (archaic, derogatory)A tailor.

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