Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who stitches; also, a tool or machine used in stitching.
  • noun Specifically The operator or the machine that stitches together the sections of an unbound book.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who stitches; a seamstress.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who stitches.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps

Etymologies

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stitch +‎ -er

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Examples

  • He also ran the "stitcher," a ground-level machine that staples together magazines and pamphlets.

    columbiatribune.com stories < 2010

  • A woman comes out and said her mother sent her to the fish market on this day and time and it's then Cassie realizes she's a "stitcher" who is there to heal Nick.

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  • A woman comes out and said her mother sent her to the fish market on this day and time and it's then Cassie realizes she's a "stitcher" who is there to heal Nick.

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  • As an avid stitcher in my spare time, I often have to rip out my work to fix mistakes.

    When It's Right to 'Unwrite' Karen Blumenthal 2011

  • We'll be back to 13 stripes and 50 stars, said volunteer stitcher Carolyn Deters of Glenwood, Iowa.

    Flag's restoration mirrors a nation's healing 2011

  • The oldest piece of equipment, a side-seam stitcher, is from about 1910.

    The Yankee King of Cowboy Boots Rachel Emma Silverman 2012

  • A stitcher in Pakistan receives 30 rupees (45p) for a football, and 47 rupees for a Fairtrade football (to Fifa standard), but crucially they also have access to microcredit loans (fairdealtrading. com)

    Can I be green and a sports fan? 2010

  • That the unknown individual, the surreptitious stitcher, the one who put the tassels on, had a really sick sense of humor?

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • Being a cross-stitcher and crafty-kinda-gal who also loves to "do" quilling AND an admirer of cake decorating, today's blog entry has my eyes totally satisfied and wanting a cigarette!

    Sunday Sweets: Gettin' Crafty 2010

  • Understandably salsa-dancing, knicker-stitcher Hayley, was rather distressed – but she's going to be even more upset to find herself bound and gagged in the factory by crazed Tony, who remonstrates: "Could you stop your snivelling and be a man about this?"

    Coronation Street goes HD with Siege Week 2010

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