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embroidery needle
noun
- a needle with a long eye, used for embroidery and fine darning.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of embroidery needle1
Example Sentences
And instead of tiger bone and deer tendon, embroidery needles and cotton thread are used.
There’s a sharp, stinging pain at the crown of my head; the scalp is being stitched with embroidery needles.
Instead of watching the eastern horizon he watched Mrs. Courtland ply her embroidery needle or bead-work loom, preparing for the Christmas now so near at hand.
For the fine one you may use a sewing-needle, for the coarser one a medium embroidery needle, both set in wood so that the points project about a quarter of an inch.
Gertie carefully stuck her embroidery needle into her doily, rolled up the doily meticulously, laid it down on the center-table, straightened the pile of magazines which Carl had deranged, and rose.
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