dining needle

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dining needle

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A misconstrual of darning needle (“dragonfly”).

noun dining needles

  1. alternative, colloquial, rare Alternative form of darning needle; a dragonfly. A dining needle went by as he fluttered his many wings.

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@misc{dining_needle_2026,
  title = {dining needle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dining%20needle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}