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needleful

/ ˈniːdəlfʊl /

noun

  1. a length of thread cut for use in a needle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Old Mis' Meade, translating this, held her breath and waited; but Amarita only sighed and took a needleful of thread.

The next needleful proved more successful, and the listener asked if the Ashbys were getting on comfortably at present.

"I didn't ask you," said Jane, biting off a needleful of thread as she had always been strictly forbidden to do.

The needleful should not be lengthy lest it gets worn before it is all worked in.

When a new needleful is commenced be sure to make the first knot very firm.

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