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Meanings of last stitch in English

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Usage of last stitch in English
1
Or a surgery bomb plot that's been foiled at the last stitch.
Wired
2
I slowly tied off the last stitch on my cloak and set it down.
The Name of the Wind
3
My work-nowmy completed work-droppedbeneath my fingers, for the last stitch was taken.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
4
Practically everything she owned was ruined, right down to her last stitch of clothing.
The Irish Times
5
I've been thinkin', old Ringrope, it's all wrong that 'ere last stitch we takes.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
6
She went out in the hall taking the last stitch, and called up the stairway:
A Little Girl in Old New York
7
It was nearly twelve o'clock when the last stitch was taken in Mrs. Condy's dress.
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
8
Our clothes were wringing wet, to the last stitch; even the leather of the tump-line was saturated.
The Forest
9
The last stitch severed, the cloth fell with a solemn rustle at her feet, and disclosed- apicture
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 / A Maga...
10
Sara was tying off the last stitch.
The passage
11
But mind ye, take that 'ere last stitch, now; if ye don't, there's no tellin' the consekenses.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
12
When the last stitch was discarded, Sophara slammed the casket shut and muttered spells over the lock.
Rogues
13
Fasten your thread before you remove the pin, else you will draw the last stitch and spoil it.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
14
Commander Adama winced as the medical corpsman tightened the last stitch on the wound near his left eye.
Battlestar Galactica
15
I goes for the last stitch!
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
16
S'pose you was going to be sewed up yourself, old Ringrope, would you like the last stitch then!
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
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