Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shuttle used in making tatting.
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Examples
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Spying the four wayside spectators and doubtless mistaking them for members of her future flock, she smiled from behind a pair of gold-bowed spectacles, and waved a welcoming tatting-shuttle.
Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Mary Ellen Chase 1930
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But somehow, with the conversation forced from the particular to the general, Miss Munch's cousin lost interest, and by the time the boat had passed Alcatraz Island Claire was deep in her thoughts again and the other woman following the measured flight of the tatting-shuttle with strained attention.
The Blood Red Dawn Charles Caldwell Dobie 1912
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