slip stitch

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   a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric; designed to be invisible from the right side

   Broadersewing stitch

Questions about slip stitch

What does slip stitch mean?

slip stitch means "a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric; designed to be invisible from the right side".

Is slip stitch a common word?

slip stitch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.