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stitch-back

stitch-back noun: strong beer.

Noun

stitch-back (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Strong beer.
    • Among the promiscuous Assembly of broken Extravagants, a slovenly Sot sits puffing at the Board in a woollen Night cap, so disguis'd with Dirt, & his Hands & Face with Nastiness, that he look'd like the Cook of a Newcastle Collier just slept on Shore to enter an Action against his Master for wages....1709, Edward Ward, “The Broken Shop-Keepers' Club”, in The History of the London Clubs, London: J. Dutten, published 1896, page 19

Forms of stitch-back

alternative formstitchback

Origin of stitch-back

From stitch + back.

Questions about stitch-back

What does stitch-back mean?
Stitch-back means strong beer.
What part of speech is stitch-back?
Stitch-back is a noun.

Words near stitch-back in the dictionary

  1. stitch and bitch
  2. stitch in the ditch
  3. stitch incoming
  4. stitch together
  5. stitch up
  6. stitch-back
  7. stitch-up
  8. stitch-ups
  9. stitchable
  10. stitchback
  11. stitchbird

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