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pins and needles n (functioning as singular) Informal
1. a tingling sensation in the fingers, toes, legs, etc., caused by the return of normal blood circulation after its temporary impairment on pins and needles in a state of anxious suspense or nervous anticipation ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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: Merlin hesitated a moment or two, and I was on pins and needles during that little while. |
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