needleful
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She took a new needleful of thread, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand, and then observed, with perfect composure—
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Old Mis' Meade, translating this, held her breath and waited; but Amarita only sighed and took a needleful of thread.
From Country Neighbors by Brown, Alice
When my heart began to bleed, Like a needleful of thread.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
"Oh, Enid's all right," said Marion Atherstone, taking a fresh needleful of brown wool.
From The Coryston Family A Novel by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
She dropped half a needleful of stitches in her knitting, and told Tom she wished he'd hold his tongue, for he kept up such a jabbering that he made all her stitches run down.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
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