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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A girl or young woman who is employed doing sewing and simple embroidery..
Her complexion is pure and warm, though pale, as if from too close confinement; for I have now no doubt that she is a needle-girl.
Indeed I soon, found that the poor needle-girl was not the orphan with property.
There is the needle-girl, with her helplessness, her nerveless imbecility, her utter ignorance, her dolorous prettiness, her thriftless marriage, her half-starved children dying about her like flies.
Use needle-girl when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Needle-girl means (historical) A girl or young woman who is employed doing sewing and simple embroidery..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Her complexion is pure and warm, though pale, as if from too close confinement; for I have now no doubt that she is a needle-girl.
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