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needle-girls

needle-girls is the plural of needle-girl.

Meaning of needle-girl

Noun

needle-girl (plural needle-girls)

  1. (historical) A girl or young woman who is employed doing sewing and simple embroidery.
    • Her complexion is pure and warm, though pale, as if from too close confinement; for I have now no doubt that she is a needle-girl.1848, Joseph Holt Ingraham, Jennette Alison; Or, The Young Strawberry Girl

Questions about needle-girls

What is needle-girls the plural of?
Needle-girls is the plural of needle-girl.

Words near needle-girls in the dictionary

  1. needle wires
  2. needle-and-thread grass
  3. needle-clawed bushbabies
  4. needle-clawed bushbaby
  5. needle-girl
  6. needle-girls
  7. needle-in-the-eye syndrome
  8. needle-like
  9. needle-mover
  10. needle-movers
  11. needle-moving

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