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Definition of Needleworks
1. needlework [n] - See also: needlework
Lexicographical Neighbors of Needleworks
Literary usage of Needleworks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1904)
"... to his sister Sarah Wroe £20, and all his pictures and fine needleworks in
her mother's chamber, all his fine needleworks in his own possession, and . ..."
2. Memoir of the State of Bahia by Arquivo Público do Estado da Bahia, Francisco Vicente Vianna, José Carlos Ferreira (1893)
"... playing upon the piano, every kind <xf needleworks and other house hold
accomplishments. ... metrical system, arithmetic and every sort of needleworks. ..."
3. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"... artificial flower-making, shoemaking, hat-making, (lore- making, tailoring,
all metal works, from blast furnaces down to needleworks, ..."
4. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"... weaving, needleworks, &c. ; — those which are taken notice of do most commonly
belong to mixed modes, as being made up of ideas of divers kinds, ..."
5. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"... and without great loss, mulct, shame, or hinderance, he may not omit. Now for
women, instead of laborious studies, they have curious needleworks, ..."
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