Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
A long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread.
1Patty threw down her darning needle and clapped her hands with delight.
2Why, I turned away three score of them with a darning needle.
3Using kitchen string or unwaxed dental floss, thread a large darning needle.
4Spinning wheel, loom, and darning needle were to lie idle that day.
5He held up the slim, steel darning needle to the light.
6Sew the opening with a stout string and a darning needle.
7Sew the opening with a darning needle and a stout string.
8Fill into squab and then sew up with darning needle and stout string.
9I'll wager that your lists are not worth a darning needle.
10The shaft flapped like a darning needle between the timbers of his flank.
11Sew the opening with a stout darning needle and string.
12Something like a high-speed darning needle tugged at the fabric of his shirt collar.
13He has pretty yellow stripes around his Body, and a darning needle in his tail.
14Sew the opening with a darning needle and a stout string or fasten with toothpicks.
15Sew the opening with darning needle and stout string.
16And she laughed quietly to herself-and one can never see when a darning needle laughs.
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