sewing needle
Americannoun
Regionalisms
See dragonfly.
Example Sentences
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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
But when Mama pulled a long sewing needle from her dress front and poked the small end of the tail hair through the eye, I knew then.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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