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mixture of long and short stitches e
4.—Feather or Crewel Stitch—a mixture of long and short stitches. ( e )
— from Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

make or lose a sufficient sum either
Naturally, the latter did not play for such high stakes as the men did; but they contrived to make, or lose, a sufficient sum, either to elate, or to depress them, and experience, as far as in them lay, all the fierce feelings of the gambler.
— from The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A social sketch of the times by John Ashton

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