pricky

• I think my written comments sound much more pricky than if they were delivered orally —  EdTechTalk
• Rather pricky, arn't it Yes; don't talk so All right De-riddle-liddle-lol I'm getting on first rate now, Mas' Don--I say Yes No press-gang waiting for us down at the bottom here, Mas' Don Can you manage it, Jem Can I manage it? —  The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens
• You see, he kept all nations o' wild birds an' wild animals down at his house; he'd linnets an' nanpies i' cages, and an ark full o' pricky-back urchins. —  More Tales of the Ridings
• I had won her confidence and friendship from the time when I rescued her "pricky-back urchin" from being kicked to death by the farm boys, who declared that hedgehogs always made their way into the byres and milked the cows. —  Tales of the Ridings
• The pudding's as sticky, the holly as pricky, —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892

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