stitch-back
See also: stitchback
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Noun
stitch-back (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Strong beer.
- 1709, Edward Ward, “The Broken Shop-Keepers' Club”, in The History of the London Clubs, London: J. Dutten, published 1896, page 19:
- 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. A second in his slip shoes, and ungarter'd stockings, like a Journey Man Taylor jumpt of the Board for a Halfpenny Roll & a pint of Tow[sic] Penny Stich-Back.
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