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pierce

[peers] / pɪərs /


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Wales is set to become the first UK nation to introduce mandatory licensing for tattoo artists, body piercers and cosmetic clinics.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2023

"This specific incident in 2014 highlighted the problem of unlicensed body art practitioners and body piercers and led to very difficult consequences for a number of people in south Wales," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2023

He sought to portray the more extreme elements of religious practices, including Hindu body piercers in India and Christian snake handlers in Alabama.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2018

Instead, he relied upon body piercers and used ice to act as an anaesthetic.

From Newsweek

The Anthrax' cupping-glass is here replaced by piercers of exceeding sharpness and so short that they cannot hurt anything beyond the skin.

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander




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