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 "
1 Mrs. Tristram sat with her embroidery needle suspended.
2 THERE was once a darning needle, who thought herself so fine, she imagined she was an embroidery needle .
3 There was Mrs. Rathburn in a wide-brimmed hat, plying her embroidery needle and looking, from afar, the picture of contentment.
4 While 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.
5 Leather saddles and embroidery needles , candles and silverwork were on display.
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.
6 Sew the opening with a stout string and a darning needle .
7 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.
15 Sew the opening with darning needle and stout string.
16 And she laughed quietly to herself-and one can never see when a darning needle laughs.
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