sewing needle
Americannoun
Regional Use
See dragonfly.
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The mother, unnamed by authorities, called the Sandwich Police Department to her house on Wednesday to report finding a small sewing needle in a small Snickers bar her 8-year-old son had received.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Both species live up to their names, as they truly are miniscule -- the largest specimen examined measured just 12 millimeters in length, shorter than a sewing needle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
The Stone Age in Africa was just beginning, and the world’s first sewing needle was invented.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
They found that the sewing needle - which still had thread attached - was dangerously close to his brain.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2019
He had nothing but a sewing needle with which to defend himself.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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