Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A device for passing a thread through the eye of a needle.
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Examples
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Just the nail-gripper thing alone could be worth serious money - it could easily be a staple of people's toolboxes, rather like a needle-threader or a quickunpick is in a sewing kit.
Oooyah, my back (slightly) badasstronaut 2006
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While they were speaking, Mr. Traverse made his appearance, and learning the cause of the discussion, presented a cheque for the amount needed to renew the badges, and volunteered his services as "needle-threader" for the evening.
Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Stanford Eveleth
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At present, I am engaged in a business which I deem far more respectable and lucrative than lecturing, to wit, explaining the merits and advantages of a patent needle-threader to interested crowds on Broadway.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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You may, if you like, be a thread-waxer or a needle-threader; you may be one of the thirty men it takes to make a buttonhole, but a complete tailor -- alas! it is impossible. '
Prose Fancies Richard Le Gallienne 1906
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Gender sensitivity prevents me from calling her the consummate needle-threader.
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Gender sensitivity prevents me from calling her the consummate needle-threader.
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Gender sensitivity prevents me from calling her the consummate needle-threader.
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Gender sensitivity prevents me from calling her the consummate needle-threader.
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Gender sensitivity prevents me from calling her the consummate needle-threader.
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Gender sensitivity prevents me from calling her the consummate needle-threader.
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