pincushion

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pincushion noun

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

pincushion verb

To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.“The target was pincushioned with arrows.”
To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.

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