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TAILOR'S TACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tailor's tack mean?
• TAILOR'S TACK (noun)
The noun TAILOR'S TACK has 1 sense:
1. a loose, looped, sewing stitch used to transfer marking for darts, etc., from a pattern to material
Familiarity information: TAILOR'S TACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loose, looped, sewing stitch used to transfer marking for darts, etc., from a pattern to material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tailor's tack" is a kind of...):
embroidery stitch; sewing stitch (a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather)
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