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As a spectator sport, cross-country is right up there with competitive sock-darning.
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A darning mushroom is a tool used for darning clothes, particularly socks.
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Fortunate influences come to your assistance in cooking, darning, sewing, and budgeting.
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So as she did her embroidery, she'd occasionally scratch the itch with her darning needle.
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A darning mushroom is a tool which can be used for darning clothes, particularly socks.
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My grandmother used to while away her evenings darning holes in socks, mittens and hats.
From the freep.com
The middle-aged Choubert is reading a newspaper and his wife Madeleine is darning socks.
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He should have realized that the corsage is as dead as the darning egg.
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In fact, housewives once would place wooden darning eggs inside torn socks to mend them.
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- The act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads
- (darned) blasted: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; ...
- Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but it is also possible to darn with a sewing machine. ...
- (darned) A minced oath for damned; Damned, extremely
- Needles have a blunt tip and large eye, similar to tapestry needles, but are longer, with a yarn darners being the heaviest with very large eyes to thread yarn. Various types, with sizes ranging from 1-18.
- Damn: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"
- Repair by sewing; "darn socks"
- Mend: sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends"
- (darned) blasted: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; ...
