Verb (used with object) : Darn that pesky fly!. From Dictionary.com.
Not a sock darner with that handle; I remember my Grandmother using one. From Wordnik.com. [What Is It? Game 114 » E-Mail] Reference
But if, like me, you are not a darner, you can still make great use of them. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: Trash Is a Terrible Thing to Waste] Reference
The darner must decide for herself which method for holding the work she will use. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
I want to be a very efficient darner, so my patches won't make his poor dear feet sore. '. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
Second, they look for two different species ... the common green darner and the black saddleback dragonfly. From Wordnik.com. [Airborne Bass: Chasing Dragonflies Above The Surface] Reference
I can see myself today, standing on the steps of the Pots-darner station in Berlin and gazing - with interest at the milling crowds in the Potsdamer Platz. From Wordnik.com. [Commandant of Auschwitz]
I was good at wearing out my stockings at the knees, but my mother was such an excellent darner that it took the closest scrutiny to find the darned places. From Wordnik.com. [A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes] Reference
As she sat weaving, in and out, in and out, she was a twentieth century version of any one of the Fates, with the Klinger darner and mender substituted for distaff and spindle. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
Martha tucked them grimly under the glittering needle of the Klinger darner and mender but at the first incision she snapped the thread, drew out the sock, and snipped the stitches. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
This scarf as well as the others just described, may be made up in black if preferred; and in this event it will be easier for the darner to follow the meshes if she bastes her net over a white background. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Each darner will think out for herself many uses to which to put designs, many combinations in which they will prove effective, and many colorings suggested by the tints which govern her room or her wardrobe; all of which would be an impossible task for any one person, unacquainted with the surroundings of all our students to accomplish. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Rodeo held the lead with his 31-point darner dragonfly, but I managed to edge him out with my 71-point dynastid beetle!. From Wordnik.com. [GayGamer.net] Reference
I need a sock-darner, a wash-counter, a pram-pusher, for a wife, as Grant would say, not a dainty piece of lace embroidery. From Wordnik.com. [The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel] Reference
When she came in, with the child in one hand, and the huge knife in the other, she went up to the little darner to look at her work. From Wordnik.com. [Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales] Reference
Some dragonflies including the green darner, will join the monarch butterflies, in their annual migration past Point Pelee National Park. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to MTDC to hold tourism expo along with Singapore's CEMS] Reference
The migratory version of the common green darner dragonfly - some stay here year-round - is now on the move, heading south to spend the winter. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
She was as close as possible to the green-tile stove, and she was looking very unpleasant; for the egg-shaped darner only slipped through the hole, which was a large one. From Wordnik.com. [Long Live the King!] Reference
"We've just decided in Scout Council to take the Palefaces out to the Harpeth ridge to hunt spring shoots and roots, and we always count on you for pies, Roxy, Stocking-darner.". From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis] Reference
Wisconsin is home to 160 species of dragonflies and damselflies, but the dragonflies we've been seeing the last few days are the common green darner variety, named for their bright green abdomens. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
During last week's dragonfly count, 11 different species were recorded at Riveredge including the common green darner, widow skimmer, blue dasher, prince baskettail, autumn meadowhawk and twelve-spotted skimmer. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
Vehicle features: darner auto, family owned and operated in the valley since 1939. here to make your car buying experience enjoyable. tired of the mega dealers with the mega add-ons and hidden fees. come be treated the way you deserve to be. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
(The stocking-darner.) "'The Barons were now incensed. From Wordnik.com. [This Freedom] Reference
Her mother was counted the best breadmaker in North Sudbury, and Abby was the neatest darner in her class at sewing school. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)] Reference
The ambitious darner may make a bed-spread to correspond with her shams, if she has the time to devote to the task and the patience to complete it; and in making such a set, she need not confine herself to the designs here given, but may select any others she admires, or may originate a design herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
I am a beautiful darner; let me try my hand, please; "and taking the coat from her before she had time to recover from her astonishment, he seated himself upon a chair and began industriously to ply the needle, while Bessie looked on amazed. From Wordnik.com. [Bessie's Fortune A Novel] Reference
I will never be a darner. From Wordnik.com. [Kitty Canary] Reference
Image: Dragon7. jpg | Lance-tipped darner. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
7: 41 am sock darner. From Wordnik.com. [What Is It? Game 114 » E-Mail] Reference
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