Complete Definition of "pincushion"

English
pin + cushion

Noun
en-noun

  1. A small, pillow-like device designed to receive dressmakers' pins.
  2. colloquial Someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.

#:Insulin-dependant diabetics are human pincushions.

Translations
trans-top|A small, pillow-like device
Finnish: neulatyyny
trans-mid
Korean: ��겨� (baneul-gyeore)
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

  1. To multiply stick or jab, as with pins into a pincushion.

#:The target was pincushioned with arrows.

io:pincushion
ru:pincushion
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zh:pincushion

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