darning needle

noun

1. a long needle with a long eye used in darning.
2. Chiefly Northern and Western U.S. a dragonfly.

darning needle

noun

1. a long needle with a large eye used for darning
2. a dialect name for a dragonfly

Word History and Origins

Origin of darning needle¹

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

At this minyit a lady standin' behind th' chair dhrove a darning needle through his coat tails.

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See that damsel fly, the slender, smaller, pretty-colored darning-needle?

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He was nearly six feet already, with a long, thin body and head which amply justified his school nickname of 'the darning-needle.'

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There was a silence as she paused with the darning-needle in the air.

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Fill into squab and then sew up with darning needle and stout string.

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