Darning
['dɑːnɪŋ] or ['dɑrnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads.
Edited by Lilian--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Darn
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Examples
- I should like to know what Charlotte says about it as she sits darning her cotton stockings on a Saturday night. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It flew open, and there he stood in his dressing gown, with a big blue sock on one hand and a darning needle in the other. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The German gentlemen embroider, I know, but darning hose is another thing and not so pretty. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You must keep as much of your darning as you can till then. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He was darning a stocking, which was red like the rest of him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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