needle fly

British  

noun

1. a small stonefly of the genus Leuctra, whose rolled-up wings at rest give it a slender pointed appearance

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Example Sentences

So Mrs. Lewis sewed, and Kitty, as she sat watching the needle fly back and forth, spoke her thoughts: "All of the boys down to Mr. Burrows' school wear white collars on their jackets."

From Tip Lewis and His Lamp by Pansy

And she picked up her work again, and made the needle fly faster than ever.

From The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Sidney, Margaret

Stitch, stitch, stitch, Swiftly, little needle, fly, Through this flannel, soft and warm; Though with cold the soldiers sigh, This will sure keep out the storm.

From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various

The lamp burning low made her needle fly swiftly.

From Flower of the Dusk by Reed, Myrtle

Swiftly, little needle, fly, Through this flannel, soft and warm; Though with cold the soldiers sigh, This will sure keep out the storm.

From The Women of the Confederacy by Underwood, J. L.