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Definition of Pinpricks
1. pinprick [v] - See also: pinprick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinpricks
Literary usage of Pinpricks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1904)
"In spite of the apparent profound anesthesia the pinpricks were felt and perceived^
The perception of them gave rise to hallucinations of a character that ..."
2. Manual Training Magazine (1913)
"Put fine pinpricks thru the frame just inside the corners of the rectangles drawn
for the drawer and door facings. Turn the frame right face up. ..."
3. Elements of Physics by Charles Hanford Henderson, John Francis Woodhull (1900)
"While holding the eye rigidly in this position, make two pinpricks between the
cylinder and the eye to mark the path which the ray of light takes in coming ..."
4. The Eighth Year: A Vital Problem of Married Life by Philip Gibbs (1913)
"It is quite interesting, quite amusing. Now and again queer doubts assail her,
and she has strange flutterings at the heart, and little pinpricks of ..."
5. Physical Experiments: A Laboratory Manual by John Francis Woodhull, May Belle Van Arsdale (1900)
"While holding the eye rigidly in this position, make two pinpricks between the
cylinder and the eye to mark the path which the ray of light takes in coming ..."
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