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  • verb Present participle of rethread.

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Examples

  • He seemed nervous: his head twitched, as he sat threading and rethreading his fingers.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • He seemed nervous: his head twitched, as he sat threading and rethreading his fingers.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • And yes, sure enough, a simple rethreading and hey presto, ready to go.

    A day lost, a day found katelnorth 2006

  • He seemed nervous: his head twitched, as he sat threading and rethreading his fingers.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • And yes, sure enough, a simple rethreading and hey presto, ready to go.

    Archive 2006-09-01 katelnorth 2006

  • And then even the anchored left side of the frame becomes unmoored and floats freely, the print seemingly destroyed and past the point of rethreading...

    Archive 2007-10-07 2007

  • And then even the anchored left side of the frame becomes unmoored and floats freely, the print seemingly destroyed and past the point of rethreading...

    PERSONA: Roots of Captain Howdy 2007

  • On the other hand, when you are sewing long seams or a hem with a wide circumference, it is annoying to have to keep rethreading your needle, so most of us choose to use a longer thread.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • On the other hand, when you are sewing long seams or a hem with a wide circumference, it is annoying to have to keep rethreading your needle, so most of us choose to use a longer thread.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • In the barbershop where every single barber is straight (in contrast to the reverse in salons), we are offered manicures, pedicures, hot oil, eyebrow rethreading, foot spa, honey facials, whitehead removal, pore cleansing, a variety of massages and more.

    notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003

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