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View synonyms for pricker

pricker

/ ˈprɪkə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that pricks
  2. a thorn; prickle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

One noontide I was by Franklin Swinton's gate, when up he rides with a yeoman pricker at his heels.

The knot in the loop was a conscience pricker, as he expressed it, that a Scout was pledged to do some one a good turn every day.

The whole affair goes safely in the pocket; the quill acting as a sheath to the sharp pricker.

We have seen that Henry Ogle had driven the Scotch pricker out of the country.

Take the lamp out and let me try if I can get the wick up with the pricker before I strike the match.

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