in stitches

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in stitches

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  1. idiomatic Laughing vigorously; very amused; aching due to convulsive laughter. "I was just dancing with old Doctor Riley, and he kept me in stitches. Half the time he had almost to carry me around, I was laughing so."

    Similar: in hysterics

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prep_phrase laughing vigorously

Françaismort de rire, plié en deux, plié en quatre, plié

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@misc{in_stitches_2026,
  title = {in stitches},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20stitches},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}