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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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We tromped through woods, pushing our way around thick shrubs and stepping over pricker bushes.

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I stick the tip of the loppers into the pricker canes.

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It would take several expeditions before I found it, perhaps because it was half-overgrown with pricker bush, weeds and small trees.

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If the latter happens, it should be at once cut back with the65 pricker, which is also used to test the thickness of the sides and base.

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In his hand he holds a small "push," pressure on which by his fingers operates a minute pricker, which acts upon a moving strip of paper.

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