needle casen.
/ˈniːdlˌkeɪs/, U.S. /ˈnid(ə)lˌkeɪs/ A case for keeping sewing needles in.
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1431 in D. M. Owen Making of King's Lynn (1984) 364 Unius duodene cases pro nedeles.]
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 352 Nedyl case, acuarius.
1536 Lady Lisle Let. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/1/48) f. 77v I haue sent my lady a nedil case.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. lf. xviv/2 The Needle~case, wherin we may sticke thredede Needles.
1652 Bastard iii. vi. 52 All that I have in my Pockets, as also the Handkercher wrought with Coventry blew, and my Needle-case and Thimble, &c.
1686 London Gaz. No. 2173/4 A Silver Needle-Case with Open Work.
1706 London Gaz. No. 4234/5 Two Scisser Cases and a Needle Case, both of Silver.
1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 21 Dec. 3/2 Mr. Lewis Janvier..maketh all sorts of small work in Gold and Silver, particular Snuff-boxes..Thimble and Needle-cases.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xiii. 73 She..desired him to look into her needle case and thimble, and seeing his examination fruitless, earnestly intreated him to rummage her closet.
1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 189 A needle-case, a spectacle-case.
1898 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games II. 448 Needle cases, needle cases, in a silver saucer.
1925 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 31 29 Boas..in his study of Alaskan needle cases demonstrated that the succession of realistic-geometrical in art was often reversed.
1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 340/3–4 Three Georgia mother-of-pearl needle cases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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