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pins and needles

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pins and needles
pl.n.
A tingling sensation felt in a part of the body numbed from lack of circulation.
Idiom:
on pins and needles
In a state of tense anticipation.
pins and needles
Noun
Informal a tingling sensation in a part of the body
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pins and needles - a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation
prickling, tingling, tingle - a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles


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Then he entered the back room and took up a measure of bran, which he mixed with a great many pins and needles.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
he said, looking so soothingly, not to say amorously on Miggs, that she sat, as she afterwards remarked, on pins and needles of the sharpest Whitechapel kind, not knowing what intentions might be suggesting that expression to his features:
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Merlin hesitated a moment or two, and I was on pins and needles during that little while.
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