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After the war, Mr Gifford spent 42 years working at the Clarks factory in Street as a heel pairer, while his wife was a stitcher for the shoe-maker.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023

In 1994, Greene was a 24-year-old stitcher at the New York City Opera when she was brought along to visit Betty Williams, a costume designer and researcher with a large antique pattern collection.

From The Verge • Jun. 20, 2022

“You’re gonna make four times the money as a stitcher than you would have made as a PA, and you’re still making connections and meeting the same people,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2022

Each stitcher took a different, personalized approach: Some portraits are headshots, some full-body.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2021

Thus reasoning, and thus predetermined how to act, our self-deluded stitcher of seams bent his way, on the following forenoon, to a solitary place near the river, where he intended to perform the mighty incantation.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John