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needledom en · NOUN

Etymology

From needle + -dom.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The world of sewing.
    • The Rowley girls, who had hard work to get the colours ready, found invaluable assistants in Mary and Prim, than whom there were not in all needledom experter embroiderers. 1870, “The Woman of Business”, in The Fortnightly, volume 13, page 244: