embroidery needle
noun
a needle with a long eye, used for embroidery and fine darning.
Origin of embroidery needle
1First recorded in 1885–90
Words Nearby embroidery needle
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How to use embroidery needle in a sentence
There was Mrs. Rathburn in a wide-brimmed hat, plying her embroidery needle and looking, from afar, the picture of contentment.
The Fighting Shepherdess | Caroline LockhartThere was once a Darning-needle who thought herself so fine that she believed she was an embroidery-needle.
The Yellow Fairy Book | Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
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