darning mushroom
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Noun [edit]
darning mushroom (plural darning mushrooms)
- In the days of darning, particularly socks, a mushroom-shaped device to darn a sock on. The sock can be stretched over the top of the (curved) mushroom, and gathered-tightly-around the stalk.
References [edit]
- Reader's Digest Oxford Dictionary, p.1001.
