diff --git a/benchmarks/haskell/Benchmarks/Pure.hs b/benchmarks/haskell/Benchmarks/Pure.hs
index b411c17d..d2c7102e 100644
--- a/benchmarks/haskell/Benchmarks/Pure.hs
+++ b/benchmarks/haskell/Benchmarks/Pure.hs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder as TB
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Encoding as TL
+import Data.Semigroup
+import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty((:|)))
 
 data Env = Env
     { bsa :: !BS.ByteString
@@ -83,6 +85,14 @@ benchmark kind ~Env{..} =
             [ benchT   $ nf T.concat tl
             , benchTL  $ nf TL.concat tll
             ]
+        , bgroup "sconcat"
+            [ benchT   $ nf sconcat (T.empty :| tl)
+            , benchTL  $ nf sconcat (TL.empty :| tll)
+            ]
+        , bgroup "stimes"
+            [ benchT   $ nf (stimes (10 :: Int)) ta
+            , benchTL  $ nf (stimes (10 :: Int)) tla
+            ]
         , bgroup "cons"
             [ benchT   $ nf (T.cons c) ta
             , benchTL  $ nf (TL.cons c) tla
diff --git a/src/Data/Text.hs b/src/Data/Text.hs
index 09da02ac..21458522 100644
--- a/src/Data/Text.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Text.hs
@@ -370,9 +370,22 @@ instance Read Text where
     readsPrec p str = [(pack x,y) | (x,y) <- readsPrec p str]
 
 -- | @since 1.2.2.0
+--
+-- Beware: @stimes@ will crash if the given number does not fit into
+-- an @Int@.
 instance Semigroup Text where
     (<>) = append
 
+    stimes howManyTimes
+      | howManyTimes < 0 = P.error "Data.Text.stimes: given number is negative!"
+      | otherwise =
+        let howManyTimesInt = P.fromIntegral howManyTimes :: Int
+        in  if P.fromIntegral howManyTimesInt == howManyTimes
+            then replicate howManyTimesInt
+            else P.error "Data.Text.stimes: given number does not fit into an Int!"
+
+    sconcat = concat . NonEmptyList.toList
+
 instance Monoid Text where
     mempty  = empty
     mappend = (<>)
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Properties.hs b/tests/Tests/Properties.hs
index a01f4058..095e33f1 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/Properties.hs
+++ b/tests/Tests/Properties.hs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import Tests.Properties.Read (testRead)
 import Tests.Properties.Text (testText)
 import Tests.Properties.Transcoding (testTranscoding)
 import Tests.Properties.Validate (testValidate)
+import Tests.Properties.CornerCases (testCornerCases)
 
 tests :: TestTree
 tests =
@@ -30,5 +31,6 @@ tests =
     testBuilder,
     testLowLevel,
     testRead,
+    testCornerCases,
     testValidate
   ]
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Properties/CornerCases.hs b/tests/Tests/Properties/CornerCases.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4774cd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Properties/CornerCases.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+
+-- | Check that the definitions that are partial crash in the expected ways or
+-- return sensible defaults.
+module Tests.Properties.CornerCases (testCornerCases) where
+
+import Control.Exception
+import Data.Either
+import Data.Semigroup
+import Data.Text
+import Test.QuickCheck
+import Test.Tasty (TestTree, testGroup)
+import Test.Tasty.QuickCheck (testProperty)
+import Tests.QuickCheckUtils ()
+
+testCornerCases :: TestTree
+testCornerCases =
+  testGroup
+    "corner cases"
+    [ testGroup
+        "stimes"
+        $ let specimen = stimes :: Integer -> Text -> Text
+          in  [ testProperty
+                  "given a negative number, evaluate to error call"
+                  $ \(Negative number) text ->
+                    (ioProperty . fmap isLeft . try @ErrorCall . evaluate) $
+                      specimen
+                        (fromIntegral (number :: Int))
+                        text
+              , testProperty
+                  "given a number that does not fit into Int, evaluate to error call"
+                  $ \(NonNegative number) text ->
+                    (ioProperty . fmap isLeft . try @ErrorCall . evaluate) $
+                      specimen
+                        (fromIntegral (number :: Int) + fromIntegral (maxBound :: Int) + 1)
+                        text
+              ]
+    ]
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Properties/Instances.hs b/tests/Tests/Properties/Instances.hs
index 8f120653..f4971408 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/Properties/Instances.hs
+++ b/tests/Tests/Properties/Instances.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Tests.Properties.Instances
     ) where
 
 import Data.Binary (encode, decodeOrFail)
+import Data.Semigroup
 import Data.String (IsString(fromString))
 import Test.QuickCheck
 import Test.Tasty (TestTree, testGroup)
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ t_Show            = show     `eq` (show . T.pack)
 tl_Show           = show     `eq` (show . TL.pack)
 t_mappend s       = mappend s`eqP` (unpackS . mappend (T.pack s))
 tl_mappend s      = mappend s`eqP` (unpackS . mappend (TL.pack s))
+t_stimes          = \ number -> eq
+  ((stimes :: Int -> String -> String) number . unSqrt)
+  (unpackS . (stimes :: Int -> T.Text -> T.Text) number . T.pack . unSqrt)
 t_mconcat         = (mconcat . unSqrt) `eq` (unpackS . mconcat . L.map T.pack . unSqrt)
 tl_mconcat        = (mconcat . unSqrt) `eq` (unpackS . mconcat . L.map TL.pack . unSqrt)
 t_mempty          = mempty === (unpackS (mempty :: T.Text))
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ testInstances =
     testProperty "tl_Show" tl_Show,
     testProperty "t_mappend" t_mappend,
     testProperty "tl_mappend" tl_mappend,
+    testProperty "t_stimes" t_stimes,
     testProperty "t_mconcat" t_mconcat,
     testProperty "tl_mconcat" tl_mconcat,
     testProperty "t_mempty" t_mempty,
diff --git a/text.cabal b/text.cabal
index 168febea..3205bae2 100644
--- a/text.cabal
+++ b/text.cabal
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ test-suite tests
     Tests.Properties.Substrings
     Tests.Properties.Text
     Tests.Properties.Transcoding
+    Tests.Properties.CornerCases
     Tests.Properties.Validate
     Tests.QuickCheckUtils
     Tests.RebindableSyntaxTest