pin-pricked en · ADJ
Meanings
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Having been pricked by a pin; having a pin stuck through.
[B]ut Gillespie was too tough or insensitive to feel the lethal waves sent out from his pin-pricked image.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more pin-pricked | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most pin-pricked | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |