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needledom

noun

Etymology

From needle + -dom.

  1. derived from *(s)neh₁-✻ — “to spin, twist”
  2. inherited from *nēþlō✻
  3. inherited from *nāþlu✻
  4. inherited from nǣdl
  5. inherited from nedle
  6. suffixed as needledom — “needle + dom”

Definitions

  1. The world of sewing.

    • The Rowley girls, who had hard work to get the colours ready, found invaluable assistants in Mary and Prim, than whom there were not in all needledom experter embroiderers.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA