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- noun Plural form of
prick . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
prick .
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Examples
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You know, “death by a thousand well-intentioned pin pricks ...” and so on ...
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All this talk about pricks is getting me excited for Milk blog comments powered by Disqus
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Infinitesimal pin pricks make biochemical connections that convert the neuro-electrical signals of my nightmares into psychic images that can be broadcast down to the planet†™ s surface as an aggressive form of gamma waves.
365 tomorrows » Dream Wave : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Infinitesimal pin pricks make biochemical connections that convert the neuro-electrical signals of my nightmares into psychic images that can be broadcast down to the planet†™ s surface as an aggressive form of gamma waves.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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You know the kind; the ones that are red pin pricks, small little goosebumps that slowly spread up and down your appendages; bringing with it the burning itch that is designed to slowly drive you out of your mind while you lay there, a broken, clawed, bleeding spirit, just wishing for the itch to stop.
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And skin pricks and food challenges are uncomfortable at best.
Archive 2006-07-01 Steve Carper 2006
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And skin pricks and food challenges are uncomfortable at best.
Study May Lead to Better Food Allergy Test Steve Carper 2006
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My answer to these control freak pestilential little pricks is I am perfectly competent to choose for myself where I will live and work, I don't need or want your input.
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They have, however, decided to remain pricks to the end.
Dean for America 2003
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Because it is a matter of immediate interest, I will here pose the specific question "how likely are the Governments of the Middle East oil-producing states to cancel concessions, or to make continued operation of them impossible by a policy of pin pricks or inordinate demands, or to nationalise and throw the companies out?"
brtom commented on the word pricks
Let Jotham praise with the Urchin, who took up his parable and provided himself for the adversary to kick against the pricks. (from Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart)
December 31, 2007
skipvia commented on the word pricks
I know just how Jotham feels. I work with a bunch of them...
December 31, 2007