Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes or deals in needles.
- noun Figuratively, a sharper; a niggard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who makes or uses needles; also, a dealer in needles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofneedle ; one who needles; anannoyer . - noun One who makes or uses needles.
- noun A
dealer in needles. - noun A needlegun.
Etymologies
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Examples
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At three, Daisy demanded a 'needler', and actually made a bag with four stitches in it.
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 1860
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It was a science fiction game, where you could play humans or insectoid aliens or blobs or glider monkeys and shoot each other with lasers or needler weapons or gyrojet guns … I had never seen a role-playing game before (well, maybe the D&D playing scene in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and it blew my mind.
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Rafe slid the needler back into its holster and the blade back up his sleeve.
Command Decision Moon, Elizabeth 2007
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Rafe pretended to blow smoke off the end of his needler and slid it back into its holster.
Command Decision Moon, Elizabeth 2007
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He pulled out his needler again and pretended to polish it with his handkerchief, all without taking his eyes off Lew.
Command Decision Moon, Elizabeth 2007
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Or something like the needler holstered at his side?
Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005
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His hand drew away from the communicator and moved to position itself near the needler attached to his belt.
Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005
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His hand drew away from the communicator and moved to position itself near the needler attached to his belt.
Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005
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His hand drew away from the communicator and moved to position itself near the needler attached to his belt.
Running from the Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005
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Or something like the needler holstered at his side?
Running from the Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005
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