Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that darns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who mends by darning.
- noun A darning-needle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who mends by darning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who
darns - noun any of a number of insects of the family Aeshnidae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who mends by darning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not a sock darner with that handle; I remember my Grandmother using one.
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Not a sock darner with that handle; I remember my Grandmother using one.
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But if, like me, you are not a darner, you can still make great use of them.
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Second, they look for two different species ... the common green darner and the black saddleback dragonfly.
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I told him she was clean, tidy, an excellent mender and darner of clothes, a good cook, and—as far as I knew—a virgin.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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I told him she was clean, tidy, an excellent mender and darner of clothes, a good cook, and—as far as I knew—a virgin.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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I can see myself today, standing on the steps of the Pots-darner station in Berlin and gazing - with interest at the milling crowds in the Potsdamer Platz.
Commandant of Auschwitz Hoess, Rudolf 1951
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The darner must decide for herself which method for holding the work she will use.
The Art of Modern Lace Making The Butterick Publishing Co.
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Each darner will think out for herself many uses to which to put designs, many combinations in which they will prove effective, and many colorings suggested by the tints which govern her room or her wardrobe; all of which would be an impossible task for any one person, unacquainted with the surroundings of all our students to accomplish.
The Art of Modern Lace Making The Butterick Publishing Co.
bilby commented on the word darner
I think I'm more of a danger.
July 21, 2008