Meaning & use
Frogged
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Decorated or fastened with ornamental braided loops and buttons known as "frogs," typically seen on military-style jackets and coats.
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The officer's frogged jacket gleamed with gold braid at the ceremony.
Vintage clothing collectors often seek out frogged coats from the 19th century.
A note on using this word
In knitting slang, "to frog" a project means to rip out stitches back to a mistake, a pun on the sound "rip it, rip it" resembling a frog's croak.
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2. verb
(Knitting slang) To unravel knitted or crocheted stitches back to an earlier point, usually to fix a mistake.
She had to frog three rows after noticing a dropped stitch.
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