topstitch

[top-stich]

top·stitch

[top-stich]
verb (used with object)
1.
to sew a line of stitches on the face side of (a garment or the like) alongside a seam.
noun
2.
a line of such stitches.

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Topstitch is one of our favorite verbs.
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to run away hurriedly; flee.

Origin:
1945–50; top1 + stitch
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