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embroidery needle

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noun
a needle with a long eye, used for embroidery and fine darning.
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Origin of embroidery needle

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby embroidery needle

embrocation, embroglio, embroider, embroideress, embroidery, embroidery needle, embroil, embroiled, embrown, embrue, embry-
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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 Lockhart

  • There 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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