frog
v.— «Worst nightmare: A poncho that I’ve knit and frogged (pulled apart) three times now.» —“Creating A ‘Harf’ By Hand” by Carolyn McCarthy Bellingham Herald (Wash.) Jan. 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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