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- noun Plural form of
pinworm .
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Examples
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Creeping the moderator out more than pinworms in the bottom of his footie pajamas.
Will Durst: Red Meat Slam Dance Will Durst 2011
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Creeping the moderator out more than pinworms in the bottom of his footie pajamas.
Will Durst: Red Meat Slam Dance Will Durst 2011
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There were the iguanas with their tapeworms, the turtle with an ocean of pinworms.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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As for the pinworms … well, we got headlice once from an acting class where all the kids had to rub heads.
Mommy’s Developed An Attitude @ Attack of the Redneck Mommy 2007
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There were the iguanas with their tapeworms, the turtle with an ocean of pinworms.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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And to think, I thought pinworms only happened to dogs and cats and other wild beasts.
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Ugh. My charming MIL came to visit us once and only after using our bathroom no less than 3 times mentioned that “I have pinworms.”
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Roundworms, hookworms and pinworms feed on the blood supply and vitamins.
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There were the iguanas with their tapeworms, the turtle with an ocean of pinworms.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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No lice yet this year, but our household got hit with pinworms for the third time in five years.
With a fine-tooth comb e 2008
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