darner
Americannoun
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a person or thing that darns.
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any of numerous odonate insects of the family Aeshnidae, comprising the largest dragonflies.
Etymology
Origin of darner
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While researching, Peters also stumbled across the green darner dragonfly: Washington’s state insect; a habitué of lakes, ponds and springs; and a rich symbol.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
A green darner can travel as far as 900 miles on its two-inch wings, fluttering from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2018
A green darner patrolled the surface like a fighter pilot.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2011
I was good at wearing out my stockings at the knees, but my mother was such an excellent darner that it took the closest scrutiny to find the darned places.
From A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes by Sanford Bell
She was as close as possible to the green-tile stove, and she was looking very unpleasant; for the egg-shaped darner only slipped through the hole, which was a large one.
From Long Live the King! by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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