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.
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Examples for "embroidery needle"
Examples for "embroidery needle"
1Mrs. Tristram sat with her embroidery needle suspended.
2THERE was once a darning needle, who thought herself so fine, she imagined she was an embroidery needle.
3There was Mrs. Rathburn in a wide-brimmed hat, plying her embroidery needle and looking, from afar, the picture of contentment.
4While she listened for Abel's response, her long embroidery needle remained suspended over the toe of the slipper, where it gleamed in the lamp light.
5Leather saddles and embroidery needles, candles and silverwork were on display.
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.
Translations for darning needle