Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pieces of cloth, kid, chamois, or other material, cut and sewed together in the form of the leaves of a book, and protected by book-like covers, used to contain needles, which are stuck into the leaves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
book -shapedneedlecase , havingleaves ofcloth into which the needles are stuck.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There was not much else in the box; a few ornaments, a little faded needlebook which looked as though it had been kept for memory's sake, and two letters.
Glenloch Girls Grace M. Remick
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There was not much else in the box; a few ornaments, a little faded needlebook which looked as though it had been kept for memory's sake, and two letters.
Glenloch Girls Grace M. Remick
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She would run off with your scissors, your bodkin, your needlebook, and your spool of cotton; she would stuff your handkerchief in her pocket by mistake; she'd break the strings of your bag, trying to open it; she'd try your spectacles on to her kitten, and tie your new tippet on the dog Ponto's neck.
Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Fanny Fern
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There was not much else in the box; a few ornaments, a little faded needlebook which looked as though it had been kept for memory's sake, and two letters.
Glenloch Girls Grace M. Remick
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The tears were dried, in course of time, and the needlebook with its yellow pictures and pink edges was very neatly finished.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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I thought of making her a needlebook with white backs, and getting Gilbert Gillespie to paint them – he can paint beautifully, – and having her name and something else written very nicely inside – how do you think that would do?
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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Meanwhile the famous needlebook was in a fair way to be finished.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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In high glee Ellen ran for the pieces of Bristol board which were to form the backs of the needlebook, and brought them to the library; and explained how room was to be left in the middle of each for a painting,
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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The arrangement of the painted needlebook was entirely decided upon in this consultation; also two or three other matters; and the two children seemed to have already lived a day since daybreak by the time they came down to breakfast.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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Embroidered needlebook of white satin with bright flowers, date 1800. 3.
The Development of Embroidery in America Candace Wheeler 1875
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