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needles

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Slender, pointed instruments used for piercing and drawing thread through cloth. They generally have a hole or eye at one end for thread to pass through; they are now usually of polished steel. The term amy also refer any of various pointed pins or implements resembling a needle.

Variations

Pins and needles

needle

aiguilles

aiguille

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