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Definition of Darning needle
1. Noun. A long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread.
2. Noun. Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc..
Generic synonyms: Odonate
Definition of Darning needle
1. Noun. (&lit A needle used for darning) ¹
2. Noun. A large needle used for darning. ¹
3. Noun. A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Darning Needle
Literary usage of Darning needle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"THE DARNING-NEEDLE THERE was once a darning-needle, who thought herself so fine,
... said the Darning-needle, and she drew a long thread after her, ..."
2. The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (1906)
"said the Darning-needle to the Fingers who were holding her. ... said the
Darning-needle as she drew a long thread after her; but there was no knot at the ..."
3. The Progressive Course in Reading by George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes (1900)
"There was once a darning needle who- thought herself so fine that she ... said the
darning needle, drawing a long thread after her ; but there was no knot ..."
4. Child Classics: The Third Reader by Georgia Alexander (1918)
""That's vulgar work," said the Darning-needle. " I shall never get through.
I'm breaking! I'm breaking !" And she really broke. " Now, it's quite useless," ..."
5. Hans Andersen's Stories by Hans Christian Andersen (1891)
"THERE was once a darning-needle, who thought herself so fine, she fancied she was a
... said the Darning-needle, and she drew a long thread after her, ..."
6. The Jones Readers by Grades by Lewis Henry Jones (1904)
"THE darning needle HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, ... There was
once upon a time a darning needle who thought herself so very fine that ..."
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