darning egg

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noun

a smooth, egg-shaped piece of wood, ivory, marble, jade, or the like, for holding under a hole or tear to serve as a backing while darning.

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Origin of darning egg

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby darning egg

darned, darnedest, darnel, darner, darning, darning egg, darning needle, Darnley, darogha, Darren, Darrow

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How to use darning egg in a sentence

Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
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Egg-laying hens are placed in cages to unnaturally churn out egg after egg.
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We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
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Brush the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with fleur de sel and pepper.
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Place a pastry circle over each bowl, adhering it with the egg wash.
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Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.
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Wright's stain gives the nucleus a deep purple color and the cytoplasm a pale robin's-egg blue in typical cells.
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The cytoplasm of lymphocytes is generally robin's-egg blue; that of the large mononuclears may have a faint bluish tinge.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
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Carbolic Acid … liquid … oil … sweet oil … castor oil … aperient … Epsom Salts … white … white of egg.
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British Dictionary definitions for darning egg

darning egg

darning mushroom

noun

a rounded piece of wood or plastic used in darning to support the fabric around the hole

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