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stitches

/ˈstɪtʃɪz/

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What does stitches mean?

noun

  1. plural of stitch

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stitch

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈstɪtʃɪz/

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Over the stitches he glued a strip of thin red leather which he got from his friend, the harness-maker.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
The “stitches” or shocks rose like tents about the yellow expanse, those in the distance becoming lost in the moonlit hazes.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
More book examples (3)
Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches to-day to save nine to-morrow.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
The bundle was sewn together, and the doctor had to get out his instrument case and cut the stitches with his medical scissors.
Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #120
For an instant she seemed inclined to make a rejoinder, but she slowly picked up her work in silence and drew her stitches again.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176