darning needle
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darn·ing needle
(där′nĭng)n.
1. A long, large-eyed, often blunt needle used in darning.
2. Northeastern, Upper Northern, & Western US See dragonfly.
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darning needle
n
1. (Knitting & Sewing) a long needle with a large eye used for darning
2. (Animals) US and Canadian a dialect name for a dragonfly
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darn′ing nee`dle
n.
1. a long needle with a long eye used in darning.
2. Chiefly Northern and Western U.S. a dragonfly.
[1755–65]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() sewing needle - a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth |
2. | ![]() dragonfly, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, sewing needle, devil's darning needle odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings |
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darning needle
n → Stopfnadel f
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