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pricker

US // (ˈprɪkə) //

挑刺者,刺客,锉刀,挑剔的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that pricks
    • : US a thorn; prickle

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Examples

  • 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.