pricker

Example Sentences

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We tromped through woods, pushing our way around thick shrubs and stepping over pricker bushes.

From Literature

Drags the pricker canes out of my way.

From Literature

It would take several expeditions before I found it, perhaps because it was half-overgrown with pricker bush, weeds and small trees.

From New York Times

If the latter happens, it should be at once cut back with the65 pricker, which is also used to test the thickness of the sides and base.

From Project Gutenberg

In his hand he holds a small "push," pressure on which by his fingers operates a minute pricker, which acts upon a moving strip of paper.

From Project Gutenberg