darning needle

a long needle with a long eye used in darning.

Chiefly Northern and Western U.S. a dragonfly.

Origin of darning needle

First recorded in 1755–65

2. See dragonfly.

darnedest, darnel, darner, darning, darning egg, darning needle, darnley, darogha, darren, darrow, darrow, clarence

It was thus that the Darning-needle kept up her proud bearing and lost none of her good humor.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales |Hans Christian Andersen
The so-called English darning-needle—a long needle with a long eye—is used by the bookbinder.

Practical Bookbinding |Paul Adam
There was a silence as she paused with the darning-needle in the air!

The Phoenix and the Carpet |E. Nesbit
To this end I have been practising daily with a darning-needle and a stop-watch.

Love's Usuries |Louis Creswicke

The Argo zigzagged about like a darning-needle flying over a pond.

Peter Cotterell's Treasure |Rupert Sargent Holland

darning needle

a long needle with a large eye used for darning

US and Canadian a dialect name for a dragonfly