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- noun Plural form of
pincushion . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pincushion .
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Examples
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The only trouble with the cowpat pincushions is when you stick a pin in them they let out a great cloud of stinking vapour and leak a nasty greeny fluid all over the place, which you have to soak up by putting a blotter under the pincushion wherever you go. blotter/hemlock
May 2008 2008
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The only trouble with the cowpat pincushions is when you stick a pin in them they let out a great cloud of stinking vapour and leak a nasty greeny fluid all over the place, which you have to soak up by putting a blotter under the pincushion wherever you go. blotter/hemlock
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They were two great scarlet satin pincushions, with E.C. and E.M. very neatly stuck in pins.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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Not sure what human pincushions he was hanging with, but there is nothing "delicate" about that habit.
Michael Woods: Time to Ditch the Fried Piper Role, Keith Richards Michael Woods 2010
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Not sure what human pincushions he was hanging with, but there is nothing "delicate" about that habit.
Michael Woods: Time to Ditch the Fried Piper Role, Keith Richards Michael Woods 2010
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I made charts of characters and graphs of rising and falling tension, marking scenes with arrows until the graphs looked like pincushions.
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As an added bonus for December we have adorable cupcake pincushions compliments of SWEET CUPPIN CAKES BAKERY AND CUPCAKERY SUPPLY.
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As an added bonus for December we have adorable cupcake pincushions compliments of SWEET CUPPIN CAKES BAKERY AND CUPCAKERY SUPPLY.
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I made charts of characters and graphs of rising and falling tension, marking scenes with arrows until the graphs looked like pincushions.
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Shay hated to have needles there, but her arms were like pincushions now.
Crave Laura J. Burns 2010
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