"dining needle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dining needles [plural]
Etymology: A misconstrual of darning needle (“dragonfly”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} dining needle (plural dining needles)
  1. (colloquial, rare) Alternative form of darning needle; a dragonfly. Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, rare Alternative form of: darning needle (extra: a dragonfly)

Inflected forms

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