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Item for mending, eg, socks
Answer for the clue "Item for mending, eg, socks ", 14 letters:
darning needle
Word definitions for darning needle in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Darn \Darn\ (d[aum]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned (d[aum]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Darning .] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear , v. t.] To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread [syn: embroidery needle ] slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. [syn: dragonfly , ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (&lit A needle used for darn#Verb darning English) 2 A large needle used for darning. 3 A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one. n. 1 (&lit A needle used for darn#Verb darning English) 2 A large needle used for darning. 3 A damselfly, or a ...
Usage examples of darning needle.
In an instant Suicide was upon him, tearing the darning needle out with such a savage wrench that it brought half the man's windpipe with it.
A darning needle came along, and everybody was screaming and running around, and I just sat there.
Everybody was yelling and it was a big mess, because this darning needle was sitting on my foot.
To my surprise I saw that it was a long sharp darning needle with a blob of sealing wax making it into a pin.
The outline of each finger bone plying the darning needle was plainly visible through the transparent parchment-like skin.
She jabbed a darning needle into a round ball of wool and said nothing.
The eminent brain specialist to whom she alluded was a man I would not have cared to lunch with myself, our relations having been on the stiff side since the night at Lady Wickham's place in Hertfordshire when, acting on the advice of my hostess's daughter Roberta, I had punctured his hot-water bottle with a darning needle in the small hours of the morning.
Something like a high-speed darning needle tugged at the fabric of his shirt collar.
It flew open, and there he stood in his dressing gown, with a big blue sock on one hand and a darning needle in the other.