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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
darner
 
SYLLABICATION:darn·er
PRONUNCIATION:  därnr
NOUN:1. One that darns. 2. Northeastern, Upper Northern, & Western U.S. See dragonfly. See Regional Note at dragonfly.
ETYMOLOGY:From its resemblance to a darner, darning needle.
 
 
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