destash

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verb

To remove (a yarn, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one's collection.

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Meanings

verbdestash (third-person singular simple present destashes, present participle destashing, simple past and past participle destashed)

present singular third person destashes · participle present destashing · participle past destashed · past destashed

  1. informaltransitivebusinessTo remove (a yarn, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one's collection.

    She destashed some needles that I ended up taking off her hands last summer.

    2004, JJMolvik, “A question about selling”, in rec.crafts.textiles.yarn (Usenet)
    1 more example

    I'm doing some destashing to feed my coffee addiction (and to free up some space!). Nothing is "for sale" as such[…]

    2007, WoolyGooly, “Destashing”, in rec.crafts.textiles.yarn (Usenet)

Origin

From de- + stash.

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Cite this entry
APA

destash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destash

MLA

“destash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “destash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destash.

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