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Pricker

//ˈpɹɪkə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who pricks.
  2. 2
    an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws wordnet
  3. 3
    A tool for pricking.

    "The pricker was used to level the fire half-way up the bank and that was that."

  4. 4
    a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf wordnet
  5. 5
    A prickle or thorn.
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  1. 6
    Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
  2. 7
    One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.

    "The prickers, who rode foremost, […] halted."

  3. 8
    A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
  4. 9
    A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.

Etymology

From prick + -er.

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