embroidery needle

American  

noun

1. a needle with a long eye, used for embroidery and fine darning.

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Etymology

Origin of embroidery needle

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

It was not until she was 76, when her arthritic hands could no longer hold an embroidery needle, that she started painting�just for something to do after the housework.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thereafter, when they attempt to go inward, they suggest not a scalpel but an embroidery needle.

From Time Magazine Archive

D. Denton Deere, patting Angela's hand in his best bedside manner, pricked his finger on her embroidery needle.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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.

From The Miller Of Old Church by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Instead of watching the eastern horizon he watched Mrs. Courtland ply her embroidery needle or bead-work loom, preparing for the Christmas now so near at hand.

From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)