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blanket-stitch

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blanket stitch

–noun
a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.

Origin:
1875–80

blan⋅ket-stitch

[blang-kit-stich]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to sew using a blanket stitch.

Origin:
1955–60; v. use of blanket stitch
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blan·ket-stitch   (blāng'kĭt-stĭch')
tr.v.   blan·ket-stitched, blan·ket-stitch·ing, blan·ket-stitch·es
To sew with a buttonhole stitch.
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