Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who works with a needle; a needlewoman.
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- noun One who carries out
needlework .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
Etymologies
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Examples
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She began teaching at 14 and was a noted needleworker.
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She began teaching at 14 and was a noted needleworker.
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Connie, my mother, is a huge appreciator of handcrafted work of all kinds, as well as an expert knitter and talented needleworker in her own right.
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Rose Wortis was an Eastern European immigrant needleworker who devoted her life to working-class organizing and the Left.
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"Penne fit me" (Penne made me), pointing to the existence of a needleworker of that name.
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The tunics worn over armour offered great opportunities to the needleworker.
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Mrs. O'Shaughnessy is the daintiest needleworker I have ever seen; she was taught by the nuns at
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But above all requirements the quilt maker must be an expert needleworker, capable of making the multitude of tiny stitches with neatness and precision if she would produce the perfect quilt.
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In appliqué the craft to the needleworker is not carried to its limit, but, on the other hand, it calls for great skill in design.
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Arachne, a most industrious needleworker, had the audacity to contest against Pallas, the goddess of the art of weaving.
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