knitting needlen.
/ˈnɪtɪŋ ˌniːdl/, U.S. /ˈnɪdɪŋ ˌnid(ə)l/ A long straight blunt ‘needle’ or slender rod used, two or more at a time, in knitting; either of steel for fine work, or of wood, ivory, etc., with a knob at one end, for larger work. These are sometimes distinguished as knitting needles and knitting pins. In Scotland steel knitting needles are called wires.
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knitting needle1598
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wire?1746
pina1825
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steel1839
knitting-wire1850
knitting-pin1857
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To knit with knitting needles.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses ii. 10 She would prick him with her Knitting-Needle.
1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 48 She plied her knitting-needles.
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