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netting-needles

netting-needles is the plural of netting-needle.

Meaning of netting-needle

Noun

netting-needle (plural netting-needles)

  1. A long needle with pincers used for winding thread for the production of netting.
    • ...the visitant was by no means new to the world, and knew perfectly well that Lady Anne had no more parliamentary influence than the netting-needle she was playing with...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 81–82

Questions about netting-needles

What is netting-needles the plural of?
Netting-needles is the plural of netting-needle.

Words near netting-needles in the dictionary

  1. netties
  2. nettiest
  3. netting
  4. netting out
  5. netting-needle
  6. netting-needles
  7. nettings
  8. nettle
  9. nettle agent
  10. nettle agents
  11. nettle cloth

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