pincushion

1. A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.

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   a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use

2. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.

   A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.

3. A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.

4. A coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.

5. A dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.

6. A pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.

7. A pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.

8. (colloquial, figuratively)A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.

   Insulin-dependent diabetics are human pincushions.

1. Why are so many pincushions made to like a tomato?

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2. Have you seen my pincushion?

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