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Meanings of darning needle in английском
Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Synonyms
Examples for "dragonfly"
Examples for "dragonfly"
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We visited Avondale House in Wicklow and enjoyed the dragonfly nature reserve.
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VandenBrooks said tracheal volume may be tied to prehistoric dragonfly body size.
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The wings split like dragonfly gossamers, poised for increased maneuvering and power.
4
The thought came and went like a dragonfly skimming the river's surface.
5
An angry dragonfly shape passed overhead as the first Apache took aim.
1
One of my pets, after plying her mother with about forty questions, wound up with, Mother, how does the devil's darning needle sleep?
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She vaulted to her feet, pricking her finger on her sewing needle.
2
The twins might already have a sewing needle and disinfectant, but this was Italy.
3
They used to tattoo each other with a sewing needle dipped in black ink.
4
An imaginary sewing needle turned slowly in the wound, producing a cold flare of pain.
5
One of the women picked up a sewing needle and gripped it like a weapon.
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Down South the colored people believe the dragon fly brings dead snakes to life, and they call it snake doctor.
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They believed that the presence of dragonflies, which they called snake doctors, meant a serpent lay nearby.
3
Snake doctors, limber, long insects with bronze bodies and filmy wings, went back and forth like small living shuttles.
4
"I tell you what," observed Geary; "get some court-plaster at the snake doctor's just above here."
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For this reason it is sometimes called mosquito hawk.
Usage of darning needle in английском
1
Patty threw down her darning needle and clapped her hands with delight.
2
Why, I turned away three score of them with a darning needle.
3
Using kitchen string or unwaxed dental floss, thread a large darning needle.
4
Spinning wheel, loom, and darning needle were to lie idle that day.
5
He held up the slim, steel darning needle to the light.
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Sew the opening with a stout string and a darning needle.
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Sew the opening with a darning needle and a stout string.
8
Fill into squab and then sew up with darning needle and stout string.
9
I'll wager that your lists are not worth a darning needle.
10
The shaft flapped like a darning needle between the timbers of his flank.
11
Sew the opening with a stout darning needle and string.
12
Something like a high-speed darning needle tugged at the fabric of his shirt collar.
13
He has pretty yellow stripes around his Body, and a darning needle in his tail.
14
Sew the opening with a darning needle and a stout string or fasten with toothpicks.
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Sew the opening with darning needle and stout string.
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And she laughed quietly to herself-and one can never see when a darning needle laughs.
Translations for darning needle
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