SPACE NEEDLE

PRONUNCIATION: (SPAYS need-uhl)

MEANING: noun: A tall slender tower.

ETYMOLOGY: After the Space Needle, a tower in Seattle. Earliest documented use: 1962.
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SPACE NERDLE - a diminutive Science Fiction fan

PACE NEEDLE - a device that measures and graphs and records how tense you are

PAC E-NEEDLE - the Tailors' union is setting up a funding mechanism to support a computerized sewing machine