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without a stitch on

Idioms

Naked, as in They let their baby run around outside without a stitch on. A related phrase is not have a stitch on. These expressions use stitch in the sense of “a piece of clothing,” a usage dating from the early 1800s.

Example Sentences

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Daughter of that descamisado, as my father calls him because he died without a stitch on his back!

From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac

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