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needle fly

noun

  1. a small stonefly of the genus Leuctra, whose rolled-up wings at rest give it a slender pointed appearance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Now that we were alone, it was necessary to make the needle fly.

But, no: down sat the shadow, and began to sew, making her needle fly like a real little seamstress.

Here Jessie sat down and began to make her bright little needle fly almost as swiftly as if it had been in a sewing-machine.

They were chattering in their vivacious way, and one of them was making her crochet needle fly as fast as her tongue.

And she picked up her work again, and made the needle fly faster than ever.

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