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Definition of Pincushion
1. Noun. A small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use.
Definition of Pincushion
1. n. A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
Definition of Pincushion
1. Noun. A small device designed to receive sewing pins, usually pillow-like; more recently also magnetic.Category:en:Sewing ¹
2. Noun. (colloquial) Someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections. ¹
3. Verb. To multiply stick or jab, as with pins into a pincushion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pincushion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pincushion
Literary usage of Pincushion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"THE LETTEE ON THE pincushion. And who on earth, after the daily experience we
have, can question the probability of a gentleman marrying anybody ? ..."
2. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play by Helen Campbell (1902)
"PANSY pincushion. The best way to make one is to take a real pansy, ... Cut out
two FIG 84 — PANSY pincushion. pasteboard shapes as nearly like the flower ..."
3. Through the Year with Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Herbert Wendell Gleason (1917)
"pincushion GALLS JUNE 1, 1853. The pincushion galls on young white oaks are now
among the most beautiful objects in the woods, coarse woolly white to ..."
4. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"Jeannie, with a kind Letter and a pretty pincushion, sends me word to-day that
I will receive from my Uncle a tasting of some new Madeira he has been ..."
5. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"Jeannie, with a kind Letter and a pretty pincushion, sends me word to-day that
I will receive from my Uncle a tasting of some new Madeira he has ..."
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