pins and needles

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pins and needles

Fig. a tingling feeling in some part of one's body, especially the arms and legs. (See also on pins and needles.) I've got pins and needles in my legs. Mary gets pins and needles if she crosses her arms for long.

See also: and, needle, pin

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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. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context			pin against pin back pin back ears pin beneath pin down pin ears back pin faith on pin hopes on pin money pin on pin to pin under pin up on pinch pinch back pinch for pinch from pinch off pinch-hit pinch-hit for pine pine after pine away pink pink-collar pins and needles pint pip pipe pipe away pipe down pipe dream pipe into some place pipe up pipeline piper piping hot pipped pique pique curiosity piss piss off piss on party Piss or get off the can! pissed pissed out of head pit pit against pit of stomach pit wits against pitch			pinpointing pinpoints pinpoints pinpoints PINPP pinprick pinprick pinprick test pinpricked pinpricked pinpricking pinpricking pinpricks pinpricks Pinquillo Pinquillo PINR PINRA pinrail pinrail PINRO pins pins pins pins pins pins pins Pins & Needles Pins 'N' Needles pins and needles Pins and needles sensation Pins and needles sensation Pins and needles sensation Pins and Rubbers Traction System pins colors to the mast pins colors to the mast pins colors to the mast pins colours to the mast pins colours to the mast pins colours to the mast pins down pins down pins down pins down pins ears back pins ears back pins ears back pins ears back pins faith on pins faith on pins faith on pins faith on pins hopes on pins hopes on pins hopes on pins hopes on pins on pins on pins on pins on

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