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needler|ˈniːdlə(r)|
Also 4 neldere, 4–6 nedeler.
[f. needle n. + -er1. Cf. MLG. nâteler, MHG. nâdelære (G. nadler).]
A needle-maker; also transf. (see quot. 1829).
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 161 Hikke the hakeney mon and Hogge the neldere [B. v. 318 Hughe the nedeler]. c1515Cocke Lorell's B. 9 Pynners, nedelers, and glasyers. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 387/1 Needler's Punch...With this tool the Eye of the Needle is made. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. II. v. xv. 241/1 Pinners and Needlers. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss (ed. 2), Needler, a keen, active, thrifty person—a niggard. 1881A. J. Duffield Don Quixote I. 209 Three needlers from the square of Cordova.
Add:2. One who provokes or ‘needles’ (sense 1 b); esp. one who goads others to action or incites to anger.
1947F. Wakeman Saxon Charm iii. 41 The king roars at this remark by the world's champion needler of doctors. 1955Chem. & Engin. News 30 May 2328/1 He describes himself as being..a ‘needler’ for inciting action where he sees the need. 1964Listener 20 Feb. 299/2 When the needlers request the publication of attendance records.., many an indolent director begins to mend his ways. 1983Truck & Bus Aug. 84/1 How to cope with the abrasive and the abusive and the needlers without building grudges. |