| 单词 | pincushion |
| 例句 | His hair, short and brown, stood on his scalp like needles in a pincushion. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Sam Houston gave me a buttonhook, and Lamar gave me a pincushion shaped like a fat red tomato. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, having been the experimental pincushion myself. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She and her little girls all wear their hair in short spikes bursting out all over their heads, giving an effect similar to a pincushion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My sewing machine was on the floor nearby, and an open box full of all my other supplies—many spools of thread, pins and a pincushion, envelopes of needles—sat beside it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z To my left, a guy with more piercings than a pincushion stands behind a counter, staring at me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z A Stitch in Time stood tall, snaking the yellow measuring tape over her shoulder and jabbing the offending needle into the pumpkin-shaped pincushion affixed to her wrist. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It would be pretty hard to conceal his excursion into the woods if he came home looking like a pincushion. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He was preparing a group of these pieces for a one-man show when he heard about the party and he instantly abandoned his own work and began a giant pincushion for Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The year before, he and his wife and Monique had gone on a trip to Hong Kong, which struck him, mostly, as a pincushion of gleaming skyscrapers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Naomi stabbed her needle deep into the pincushion and stared at the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The next few hours are spent doing tasks no one else wants to do—snipping stitches, basting, sweeping up, collecting pins and putting them in pincushions. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The heart is large, red and tidy, like a satin heart pincushion, or a valentine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The pleasant little bed-sitting room was crowded with photographs, bottles of toilet water, lace pincushions, brushes and combs, and the china and silver bureau-knacks of many birthdays and Christmases. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Henri had suddenly decided that the old-fashioned pincushion was an art form which had flowered and reached its peak in the Nineties and had since been neglected. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Virgin Mary is in some of our Sunday school papers, but never with a crown, never with a pincushion heart, never all by herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Frith sent them strange singers, beautiful and sick like oak apples, like robins’ pincushions on the wild rose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more like landing on a huge pincushion and each time I bounced down on it I was jabbed a hundred more times. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe all Dessie had done was to put several black pins in a cushion to make it look like the Baptist minister, and then had the pincushion deliver a short dry sermon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And then he dies like one, too: he’s already a staggering pincushion full of arrows, and then dumb old Ramsay shoots him in the eye, poor thing. “Game of Thrones”: Bastards! 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z It occupies an airy second-floor space in SoHo, which you climb up to after you are greeted on the ground level by a doorman, who on one recent afternoon was idly arranging pins in pincushions. Critical Shopper: Suitsupply in SoHo 2012-01-31T23:25:08Z I became a human pincushion and had track marks all over. When I became a junkie 2012-11-14T21:48:00Z He was like a psychic pincushion, a sponge soaking up all the toxic emotion of the era, committing our sins and swallowing the guilt until he seemed 100 years old. REVIEW: 24: Live Another Day 2014-05-01T13:38:22Z Within an hour I was bleeding from two more cuts and feeling like a human pincushion. Even the walking dead have to make a living somehow 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z For a few pennies more, children got a ball or pincushion they could use to track their behavior. Who was John Newbery, the namesake of the children’s book award? 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Momos may be plump as pincushions, swelling at the seams; or half-moons pleated so meticulously, they look carved; or hulks, furrowed and looming, small-scale analogues to the Himalayan peaks where they were born. Momos That Stand Out in a Crowd 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Thompson noted: “New York is still hung over from the ’80s on those cheesy, strangled pincushion arrangements without any foliage and that everyone blames on the French. An ?Outsider? Blossom Upends the Flowerpot 2011-03-30T22:41:16Z A white whale becomes a blank pincushion for Ahab’s thrusting mania as Melville shades pages with his madness. Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z The objects there are built on an Alice in Wonderland scale: tomato-shaped pincushions as big as chairs, a gargantuan seam ripper in royal blue, bobbins a giant could use. ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord’ Review: Our Sewing Superhero 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z They have presented us with men burned alive and women used as human pincushions; with eyes popped gruesomely out of faces, heads chopped off and bodies flayed, tortured and defiled. Game of Thrones walks fine line on rape: how much more can audiences take? 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z About a velvety theater, he says “one bobbed through it all dreamily as if on a princess’ pincushion,” describing not only the physical space but young Charlie’s lovestruck state of mind. From Joshua Ferris: A Father’s Scattershot Legacy, Narrated Unreliably 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z A velvet pincushion in the shape of an aubergine, bought in New York in 1992. Samuel West: ‘My best kiss? Julia Roberts in Notting Hill, but they cut it’ 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z One of the best uses for shoulder pads is as a ready-made pincushion. Hints From Heloise: Donations are in the cards 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Placing each back into a pincushion was distracting. Hints From Heloise: Saving a sign of the sale 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z In the books, this is the rather difficult art of changing one thing into another — a mouse into a snuffbox or a hedgehog into a pincushion. Spellbound by Harry Potter and the Museum of Magic 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z There she photographed contortionists; snake dancers; human pincushions; and Hezekiah Trambles, “The Jungle Creep.” Previously Unseen Arbus, Unearthed Years After Her Death 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Tracy and I came down with the disease even though our upper arms look like pincushions by now. Anti-vaxxers are now after your dog 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Discovered in 1852, Psyche has the width of Massachusetts, a squashed spherical shape reminiscent of a pincushion, and an orbit between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Around the corner from her home base, across the street from Webster Elementary School in City Heights, yellow and pink strawflowers and delicate blue scabiosa pincushions grow tall in raised beds. 'All the neighbors know who she is': How one woman built a flower farm across eight yards 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The endangered Sneed’s pincushion cactus and other rare plants also grow in the area. Biden sets protections for a half-million acres in Texas and Nevada 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Mike Israetel, co-founder of an online training and nutrition company and an amateur bodybuilder who competes at the national level, said steroids make him feel anxious, like “a pincushion of emotions.” What bodybuilders do to their bodies — and brains While the pincushion Protea flower was recognizable from grocery story bouquets, other examples, such as the furry, pinkish teddy bear banksia, seemed straight out of science fiction. Leaning into the mystery on a weekend getaway to Santa Cruz, Calif. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z ‘Little Penny’ is a pincushion of a plant, the smallest coreopsis ever — ideal for tucking into pots, where its copper-colored flowers will set off darks or brights. These showy, colorful annuals will celebrate summer in your garden 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Though, in the moment, lying like a pincushion on a massage table with a mineral heat lamp warming my stomach, it mostly, strangely, made me sleepy. How a former Colorado TB colony became a thriving wellness destination 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z And also, the months of lockdown that may have realigned our priorities away from office conflicts and toxic relationships crystallized how noxious youth sports have become for those pincushion refs. Perspective | Sports parents are horrible and referees are finally doing something about it — quitting 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The N.C.A.A. has been a legal pincushion for years, and it has lately come under scrutiny not just from the courts but also politicians at the state and federal levels. As N.C.A.A. Rewrites Its Rules, Here’s How College Sports May Change 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Its small, rounded appendages were lined with long spikes, like needles in a pincushion. They Put the Bite in Trilobite 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z And the resulting seeds will then rise as the next generation of Siler pincushion cactus, observable from the public trails through the White Dome Nature Preserve. Utah scientists get dirty to save threatened cactus 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z She aims to include at least a few unique flowers that you can’t easily find at grocery stores, plus one big, focal flower — think sunflowers, pincushion proteas, zinnias and peonies. These subscription boxes are a fun way to treat yourself — and support local businesses 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z But in a vessel, unlike on a pumpkin, “you need something within the container below the moss, to serve as a pincushion,” she said. Why you should plant succulents, and how to keep them healthy 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Others resembled woolly tubes, spiny cupcakes or geometric pincushions you might find in the ocean deep. Welcome to the Cactus & Succulent Show, the Comic-Con of the cactus world 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z But some longtime lovers of the pincushions incarnate say the recent CDC hedgehog warning is hogwash. Salmonella cases linked to hedgehogs expands to Virginia and other states, CDC warns 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The spiky globe Wellard holds in his hand is pincushion cactus number 15. Utah scientists get dirty to save threatened cactus 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z But the relief never lasted, and she ended up having so many Depo-Medrol and other injections over the years that a nurse started calling her “our pincushion.” After Doctors Cut Their Opioids, Patients Turn to a Risky Treatment for Back Pain 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z A two-hour drive east of Los Angeles, there was once a desert oasis known as the Devil’s Garden where woolly clusters of pincushion cactuses flourished alongside pungent creosote bushes and all manner of sword-leaved yucca. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Water-thrifty Mediterranean plants that attract beneficial insects, bees, butterflies and hummingbirds add to the mix including lavenders, Salvia microphylla “Hot Lips,” Kangaroo Paw and pincushion flowers. Photos: When a glamorous garden gets a drought-tolerant makeover 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “You had Andrew as the human pincushion,” Haywood told the jury. Jury deliberating in home invasion prosecutor calls ‘pure depravity’ 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Infected buds get covered with spores, making them look like fuzzy pincushions. Sure, you can grow watermelons in Seattle: All you need is the right variety and a long, hot summer 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But we wanted to offer a few kind words for Ruben Amaro, who might as well be tagged the "pincushion GM." Angels' Mike Trout has MVP competition in Blue Jays' Josh Donaldson 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z But the Kansas botanist B. B. Smyth also recommended a Great Plains and Western pincushion cactus for his 1890 flower clock. Planting a Clock That Tracks Hours by Flowers 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z They remain embedded for years, like needles in a pincushion, spurring the onset of not only mesothelioma but also other lung cancers and diseases of the respiratory system. Well: Landscapes Tainted by Asbestos 2014-01-17T05:01:37Z The oceanic pincushion known as the purple sea urchin relies on its many spines and pincers for protection and food. Can Evolution Beat Climate Change? 2013-04-15T10:15:00.393Z I’ve felt like a pincushion ever since I got to Madrid, and how you can sing beats me. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z They seemed to think I stuck them into my head, as into a pincushion. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z There were also white pincushions of a kind of tiny saxifrage. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z An object of fervent admiration in my childhood was a pincushion made of a little china doll, whose placid head and insignificant body appeared from a widely distended skirt. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z I found Miss Bess sitting quietly with the pincushion on her lap, by the window, making patterns with the pins, apparently quite content. Nurse Heatherdale's Story 2012-03-06T03:00:21.190Z I took this pin from his pincushion, to keep for a souvenir. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Now, try your luck at the knock-em-downs, my Noble Swells—twelve heaves for sixpence, and a pincushion in the centre, worth ten times the money! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The floor is carpeted with them; there are cases all around the walls; and a large parallelogramic arrangement in the middle of the room, stuck all with books, as a pincushion with pins. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z It is, strange to say, much like other houses, the lower story having been turned into a furnishing shop, where we buy a pincushion tidy for remembrance. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Pincushions are pincushions, and not pin-balls, unless they are of a globular shape. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z On the under side of the pincushion was secured a card, bearing in neat letters the name “Miss Amelia Minchin.” A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z Dear me, what is the use of a toilet if one cannot load it with pincushions, and things to hold ear-rings, and brooches, and such like! Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z The pulpy part above his knee seems to make an excellent pincushion. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z At last, however, when his black hide resembled a lady’s pincushion supplied with many pins, he gave a great reel, a final cry, and sunk slowly upon his knees, apparently dead. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z And these pieces are given to the ladies who go about begging for materials to make pincushions, &c. for fancy-fairs. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Here pincushions, hair-pin trays, brushes, and various toilet articles, with cologne, lotion, and medicine bottles—the last in case of need—were hastily bestowed. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Ladies very fashionably dressed, with the crowns of their bonnets, and their graceful backs, prepared as pincushions. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z "I have never ceased to regret that I did not save ours in the fire and let the pincushion Cousin Park Garnett gave me perish in the flames." Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z The brutes must have been under the impression that I was a jolly pincushion, and have used me accordingly.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Bring with you a spare pin or two for this purpose,—or keep always a pincushion in your pocket. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Her skirt was of true linsey-woolsey, from which hung an immense pincushion. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z There were harps, of which the strings were actually musical, and the foot a pincushion. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z The Pole of the hours; a pincushion on which sparkle all the seconds of a day; the keel of the good ship Tomorrow. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z That’s it?” as the other staggered to his feet groaning and wincing; as well he might, for his “continuations” were stuck as full of thorns as a well-stocked pincushion is of pins. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Take, for example, one of the dwarfest Ageratums: what a silly little dumpy, formless, pincushion of a thing it is! Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z By her side stood Madame New Amsterdam—Mrs. Van Vorst—whose multitudinous skirts stood out from her figure with such amplitude that she resembled the quaint little green pincushion that dangled from her waist. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Old women of pasteboard, washing their feet in a pasteboard tub, but with knees stuffed for pincushions. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z In vain she pulled out handkerchief, keys, and pincushion; no sign of money was found but a ten-cent piece which had fallen out at some time. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Zoom Zoom in the doll cradle, perhaps, or tucked in a towel on the floor, its head on a pincushion or a neatly folded Kleenex. Kate Walbert: “M&M World.” 2011-05-23T04:00:00Z She did not dare move the corpulent pincushion lest someone should come in upon her while she was examining the ink mark. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z And I have nineteen dollars in my pincushion. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z Babies dressed with the nicest taste and care, their plump little necks and shoulders forming pincushions. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z "One side would be enough for a pincushion." Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z We must see what we can make use of in dressing dolls, making pincushions and needle-books, and devise something suitable as gifts for the little boys.” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z It looks very well, but this pincushion is too near the edge. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z We sleep in a thing like the drawer of a cabinet, with a large pincushion on our stomachs for covering. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Pretty silken volumes, lettered "pointed satires," and their yellow edges stuffed for pincushions. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z "The ones we made are sofa pillows for the orphans' dolls," explained Ethel Blue, "or they can be used for pincushions." Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z Just tell him we don't want any of those oyster-shell pincushions first, will you? Seeing France with Uncle John 2011-02-26T03:00:47.827Z She was for a simple disappearance, notes on pincushions and defiantly apologetic letters from Boulogne, but his mother's atmosphere had been a gentler one than her home's, with a more powerful disposition to dignity. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z When the Countess of L�pfen ordered the peasants on her estate to spend their Sundays in picking strawberries and gathering snail shells for pincushions, she dropped such a spark! A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z It contained a very pretty velvet pincushion, mounted on a fluted shell, and a note. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z Seeing which, Polly decided to begin the trade by which she could be the possessor of another little pincushion to take the place of the one just spoiled by Jocko. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z Will they say there are no planets? or will they say that they keep up above, doing nothing, as so many pins in a pincushion? The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z It is well to carry in your pocket a small pincushion, and, having unfolded your napkin, to pin it at the belt. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Fuller and fuller grew the kitchen of smoke, and Teddy and George began to dream of camp-fires, but Auntie Kate still dreamt of bazaars and pincushions marked tenpence halfpenny. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z I put it on the under side of my own pincushion, and there's none there now. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z "Well, now let's see, honey," but she was very much disappointed, and set down the little green pincushion slowly by the side of her yellow treasure. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z At TED, Sears held up a pincushion of the globe, with red thumbtacks stuck in. The Will to Drill 2011-01-14T19:13:05Z Oh, they can buy things for their sisters and cousins; besides, boys like pincushions and picture frames and sofa pillows. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Effie May also signified her intention of joining the equestriennes, and actually appeared on two occasions in a habit which fitted her as its cover fits a pincushion. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Flinging sober thought to the winds, he drew a chair to the table, pushed aside pincushion, toilet-cover, and ornaments, and took from his pocket a pencil and two letters. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z "Why, Ben Pepper, it's Jasper's little pincushion, the one I made for him last Christmas!" Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z The Victoria site is “a pincushion,” according to Bill Jones, a spokesman for the family. Early Bid for a Reactor Site Draws Opposition in Texas 2010-12-24T22:23:26Z The time consumed in making pincushions, pocket-tidies, and tiny knick-knacks, would serve to tapestry a room, let alone making curtains for it. Household Organization Well, then, clumsy, take another then,—from the pincushion. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Honestly, I’m getting tired of burlap pancakes, puree of shavin’ soap, pincushions a la hay, fried towels and all the other strange things you get under strange names in these places. The Auto Boys' Vacation "An' you worked an' worked on dat ar pincushion," cried Candace, in a loud, wrathful tone. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z The texture is loose and spongy, and when cut transversely it is often worked into pincushions and such like toys. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 She was making a pincushion for their new cousin and had not had time to finish, but hoped to be through with it before Olive landed her fish. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series There did not seem anything else she could want; so, having killed a bluebottle with a tartan pincushion, he came down-stairs. Plashers Mead A Novel “I feel as if I had been turned into a pincushion,” she said. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance The pins stood in straight rows on her pincushion; three times each week every room in the house was swept, and the floors as well as the furniture dusted. Anne Then there was a noble apron for Martha, with more pockets than any one else in the world could use; and a pincushion for Mrs. Brett, and a carved tobacco-stopper for Jeremiah. Hildegarde's Harvest The first said it was a hedgehog, The second he said, nay; The third it was a pincushion, And the pins stuck in wrong way. The Nursery Rhymes of England Then she had praised a shilling pincushion, had bought it with much ceremony, and put it into her bag. The New Warden It's worse than a rosebush—or a pincushion. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in She was also endowed with great constructiveness; so that, in these days of ladies' fairs, there was nothing from bellows-needlebooks down to web-footed pincushions to which she could not turn her hand. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings We were told it was to keep the hair from getting on the floor and to stuff pincushions with. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw But sometimes we keep the pieces long after the dress is gone, when perhaps some one would like them for patchwork, or to make a pincushion or needle-book out of. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings It was little to see, being no more than the tops of their two heads, each on a ridiculous bobbin of skirts, like to a pair of pincushions. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) She cut her pincushion in two, But no, not one had slidden through. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 You will find the stronger sex lost in the rudenesses of partial barbarism; the gentler wrapt up in some pitiful round of trivial and unmeaning occupation—dry-nursing puppies, or making pincushions for posterity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Here was the whole County of Orange to throw the hair on, and we were not making any pincushions—still Bob had to hold the towel that way. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw The house is a humble one of the sixteenth century, and its three roses have just sufficient resemblance to roses, with their pincushion heads and straight little leaves, for us to know them as such. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Hell, no; but my hand feels like a pincushion! Wings of the Wind However it was so little, and she began asking the clerk in her very bad French, mixed with German words, to let the little gentleman have the pincushion for a franc. The Thirteen Little Black Pigs and Other Stories It seemed like the end of everything when I found your note on the pincushion. The Phantom Lover The sphere rested on a number of metal stilts, reaching out from the lower hemisphere, which held it about three feet from the floor, like a great pincushion turned upside down. Martians Never Die "Come to the point," said the goblin, severely, accidentally swinging his pincushion against Bartlemy's legs at the same time, and pricking him most atrociously. Funny Big Socks Being the Fifth Book of the Series Considered merely as an article of vertu it was about on a par with the pincushions, but Celia accepted it in the spirit with which it had been offered. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 Bed-room Linen.—This includes quilts, blankets, sheets, pillow covers, towels, table covers, and pincushion covers. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet She remembered that she had written them in the note she had left on the pincushion for June. The Phantom Lover But Poppy was equally delighted with the little blue pincushion, with her name, 'Poppy,' outlined in bright new pins. The Carroll Girls Favors for gentlemen, such as fancy pocket pincushions, small coin purses, scarfpins, sleeve-buttons, etc., are more useful than ladies' favors, but not so ornamental on the table. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Jillings' devotion did not express itself in a concrete form until Celia's birthday, and the form it took was that of an obese and unimaginably hideous pincushion which mysteriously appeared on her dressing-table. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 Pincushion Covers.—A large pincushion, having two covers belonging to it, should belong to each toilet table. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet She took the last letter she had had from Raymond, and kissed it before thrusting it back into her dress; she scribbled a pencil note to June and fastened it to the pincushion. The Phantom Lover She had a swift vision of herself stuck full of quills, like a pincushion. The Backwoodsmen The evening recreation time was devoted to the making of Christmas presents; even the little girls were busy embroidering traycloths and constructing pincushions. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Because all she gained by this consummate tact was another pincushion, not quite so ornate perhaps, but even cruder in colour, and this she was compelled to assign a prominent position among her toilet accessories. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 But I never thought of either sketches or pincushions. The Marriage of Elinor Ency Stephens, having got Reuben to bring her two fine long razor shells, had transformed them into a pincushion. Say and Seal, Volume II The pins stood in straight rows on her pincushion; three times each week every room in the house was swept, and the floors, as well as the furniture, dusted. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition They were two great scarlet satin pincushions, with E. C. and E. M. very neatly stuck in pins. The Wide, Wide World On this supposition, vacillating syntax, and improbable incident had a certain pathos for us, like the extremely supererogatory pincushions and ill-devised nightcaps that are offered for sale by a blind man. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Yes; and so was the little red pincushion, dear to baby's color-loving eyes. The Nursery, December 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Their brisk, withered little dames, in close crimped caps, long-waisted short-gowns, homespun petticoats, with scissors and pincushions, and gay calico pockets hanging on the outside. English: Composition and Literature The leaves when dry form stiff, sharp-pointed structures, which radiate in all directions, like knitting-needles stuck in a huge pincushion. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia There were lower extremities of the grand-piano type, and short, fat feet with a look of pincushions resolutely stuffed into shoes. Juggernaut And then there were red curtains and carpet, and on the white spread a dainty little eider-down silk quilt; and on the dressing-table and chest of drawers pretty toilet napkins and pincushion. The End of a Coil She flourished the duster, and laughed at the pincushion; then gazed meditatively at the bright window, and reflected gravely on the broad belt of sunshine lying across the floor. The Nursery, December 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers You have sounded the depths, and found them shallow; you have tested values, and they are less than nothing, and vanity; you have emptied the pincushion, and only bran is there. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice I want a thinking being to talk things over with, not a mental pincushion.” The Indifference of Juliet “Oh girls, she has a new pincushion and cover.” Five Little Peppers at School An old pincushion or several towels rolled into a firm ball, or a book which will fit exactly, should be placed inside the crown. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Claude, who has already been presented with seven shell pincushions, a polished pebble, and three copy-books filled with gummed sea-weed, does not care to add to this valuable collection of marine treasures. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls I forgive, from the bottom of my soul, whole orchestras of earthy angels, and whole groves of St. Sebastians stuck as full of arrows according to pattern as a lying-in pincushion is stuck with pins. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The expanse of sand that was the valley looked like a pincushion, with the writhing needles ploughing through the ground one after another. The Judas Valley Next came a pincushion—faded pink satin, frilled with not over-clean white lace. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch After she was gone, I went up to my room for a quiet cry, and there was a gorgeous new pincushion, and 'I love you,' on it in pins. Fernley House “But, I say, you said that the Indians shot at him till he was as full of arrows as a pincushion is full of pins.” The Peril Finders Among the smaller objects, gifts from friend to friend, were pincushions, some of which bear dates in the seventeenth century. Chats on Household Curios She pinned a note to Max’s pincushion, in the most approved fashion. The Cricket When I put my fingers on their silly heads, my hands might as well be resting on a sawdust pincushion in the Sahara Desert.” The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle I told you about the pincushion, didn't I? Fernley House Well, you know the dear little pincushions we made for Aunt Ellen's bazaar, and how she said they were sold directly?' Chatterbox, 1906 The favourite material and colour for the back of such pincushions was yellow satin. Chats on Household Curios But her search was not rewarded, and she threw the useless pincushion on the floor. The Lost Despatch Flowers ceased to blossom upon pincushions, and the engrossing and prevalent occupation of needlework was entirely devoted to personal wear. larger image Courtesy of Mrs. A. S. The Development of Embroidery in America Margaret, when her eyes were thus opened, of course ceased to make little pincushions, but she felt that her interest in the thing was very much lowered. Miss Mackenzie The pincushion factory was all very well, but the selling part did not seem so pleasant, now that she had come to the point. Chatterbox, 1906 A rather pleasing variety consisted of bag and pincushion worked to match, the two being united by a cord of plaited silk. Chats on Household Curios She whirled around and saw the other detective cutting open a pincushion. The Lost Despatch Everything it seemed that fingers could make, useful or ornamental, from handsomely dressed dolls to pincushions, from white aprons with lace and ribbon bows on the dainty pockets down to unromantic holders. A Little Girl in Old New York She started to go down, but as she passed the wide mahogany bureau she saw a bit of folded paper lying under the corner of the pincushion. Marcia Schuyler They are as good as gold, those two, and the pincushions can mean no harm.' Chatterbox, 1906 There are also miniature pincushions worked in silk like the old samplers and brocade pocket books, some of which were woven in France in the seventeenth century. Chats on Household Curios Not a single article of needlework appeared upon the stall; not a solitary pincushion, nor handkerchief sachet, nor nightdress bag, not even so much as an inoffensive tray cloth. The Love Affairs of Pixie He had some Chinese shoes worn by grown women, and they were such short, queer things, like some of the pincushions made for the Fair. A Little Girl in Old New York Hasn't he brought you a pincushion or a jack-in-the-box, Lady Raikes? and has he begun to neglect you so soon? The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 And I shall have to break it to Maria—after she's just gone in and stuck a month's salary and immediate notice on her pincushion! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893 Only under the stress of winter hunger will an animal sometimes throw caution to the winds and attack this living pincushion. Followers of the Trail A large pincushion outlined in black was among the things. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History "O Gawd! picters and pincushions and Testaments with United States flags in them—I never did have any luck, anyhow!—in this here war nor on Thunder Run neither!" The Long Roll Don't tell me it's Mrs. Wilkins, without even a pincushion prepared.' Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag One found notes, printed notes, pinned on one's pincushion. We Three You need not mind its being meant for a housewife and pincushion; the notes are marked, and that is all you want. The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina A brick pincushion is a great convenience, in sewing, and better than screw-cushions. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Galileo had, in fact, never quite been himself since he swallowed the pincushion. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice “Get your pincushions all right, messmate,” said Bob Hampton, slapping Barney on the back, “and don’t growl; the game’s on’y just begun, and you shall have first innings next time.” Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea We remarked many sheep sheared in a comical manner, with two or three tufts, like pincushions, running down the centre of their backs, and painted red. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 A little pincushion, a little hussie, a little book, a little work-box, a little set of tables and weights and measures, and a little woman all in one. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 And there was a pincushion, that was white over pink, on the bureau. Peggy in Her Blue Frock A pincushion was for many years, and indeed is still, in some parts of New England, a highly conventional gift to a mother with a young babe. Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Petrea and Eva stole in first, carrying between them a heavy pincushion, weighted with lead, five pounds in weight at least. The Home The stone with the greenish reflection shone clearly against the blue and gold shot-silk of the pincushion; the portion of the clasp which was visible revealed the beginning of the scratched inscription of "Semper Fidelis." The Hand in the Dark I awoke once to find my throat paralyzed, and again to find that my jaw, tongue, and lower face was a solid pincushion of darting needles of fire. Highways in Hiding "Will anybody be kind enough to put an end to my misery?" he wailed, as he lay on his back, feeling as though he had been transformed into a human pincushion. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Similarly the Nelson statue must be gradually flattening the Nelson column, and in time Cleopatra's needle will be as flat as her pincushion? The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884 The Queen-bee imagined that there must be a hole in his pocket, through which the pincushion had fallen on the stairs. The Home As he put the hat down his eye fell on a pincushion by the mirror, and he gave a start of surprise. The Hand in the Dark Nor was I either at all sorry to have my pincushion and things left in peace. Strife and Peace Not a really one, except from Mrs. Hunt; she gave me a sweet little pincushion last year, and a whole bag full of cakes and goodies. Little Maid Marian I asked, as I sat nursing an imposing-looking parcel addressed to her, which was a large toilette pincushion made and ready furnished with pins for her by Mrs. Bundle herself. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Margaret's little heart-shaped pincushions were suitable for boys and girls alike. Ethel Morton's Holidays I found it stuck in a pincushion in the next room, beside the girl's hat. The Hand in the Dark "It's the water filtering in through the holes your Titanesses' hatpins have made in their big pincushion," explained Mr. Barrymore, who had heard Maida make that remark. My Friend the Chauffeur Her hair was so plainly drawn back, it was like a moral influence, and her toque sat up high on her head like a bun or a travelling pincushion. Set in Silver Mrs. Bundle's plump palms were like pincushions, and she washed my face as if it had been a baby's. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son "A suspicious man would search a pincushion for treason, and see daggers in a needle case." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 At once the idea of the sugar-bowls and pincushions fascinated me. At Home with the Jardines Ellen's last act was to take another look at her Cologne bottle, gloves, pincushion, grapes, and paper of sugar-plums, which were laid side by side carefully in a drawer. The Wide, Wide World One paper of common pins, also little flat pocket pincushion well filled around edge with pins. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls And when her guests had gone, and the black-haired beauty went to her flamingo room to dress for dinner, she found a note on her pincushion. Contrary Mary He was always making pincushions, into which he was plunging his little points of sarcasm, and owing to his confining himself to this kind of humour he avoids the common danger of missing his mark. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Little Polly is then given similar congratulations and instructions, except that in her case a pincushion is to be substituted for a ball. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book They were two great scarlet satin pincushions, with E. C. and E. M., very neatly stuck in pins. The Wide, Wide World If the momentary relief of turning that grey travelling shawl into a pincushion, occurred to her, nothing came of it; the thick folds were untouched by one of her little fingers. Wych Hazel The question arose why should not Mrs. Moss have the pincushion after all? Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances Between two of the pockets on one side, suspend a small square pincushion, and on the other a flat needle-book hung by a loop of ribbon. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 A Brick Pincushion.—A brick pincushion was a dressmaker's ingenious way of making easy work of basting and sewing long seams. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada There were rows and rows of pins in a big blue pincushion, put in as evenly as if it had been done by a machine. The Story of Dago "Mine feels like a pincushion," Sarah would often answer. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy I took my hand out of my pocket, where I had been holding the pincushion, and put both into Mrs. Moss's palm. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances And most of these made the needles rusty, from being stuffed with damp pig-meal, when the pigs and the pincushions were both being fattened for Christmas. A Great Emergency and Other Tales She plans, if possible, to add some little touch of adornment, a new rocker, or vase, or table cover, or pincushion. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada She rose to her feet and stuck her needle into the pincushion, then she put her arm round Sally's waist, and hugged her gently. Sally Bishop A Romance There were there ladies' shoes, scarves, and neckties; there were there sachets and pincushions; there were there garters, necklaces, cotillion favours, and a tea-gown. Mike Fletcher A Novel I hastily pocketed a pincushion of red cloth, worked with yellow silk spots, in the likeness of a strawberry. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances There was no blinking the fact that "Mother" had been provided with pincushions to repletion. A Great Emergency and Other Tales Also some satin of any bright colour, satin ribbon 2 inches wide to match, and materials for a pincushion. The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. However, she rolled as softly as a pincushion, and was not seriously hurt. Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple Blue, also, were the pincushion and glass toilet implements on the dressing-table, and a rocking-chair had its cushion embroidered in bluebells—a tribute of affection from a late schoolfellow. Bluebell A Novel I had thought of myself as rushing up the stairs to meet her, and laying the pincushion at her green satin feet. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances They are curious creatures, the one who favoured us with a good view of him being very like a loose red velvet pincushion with eight legs, and most of the bran let out. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men This pincushion is intended to be made up in the French style—that is, merely laid over the top of a satin cushion, with three handsome bows of ribbon to match, placed at equal distances. The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. Hanging at one side was a three-cornered pincushion of green silk, a proof at once of a character remarkable for thrift, neatness, and industry. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Charles mending nets, filling pincushions, and getting ready for the day. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 "I thought she was speaking of her pincushions, and being in a generous mood, said hastily, "When that is worn out, ma'am, I will make you another.' Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances And at that what should a miscreant Jew do but string an arrow and plunge it nicely, like a bodkin in a pincushion, in the fat shoulder of the Gad! The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Of course, the pincushion has an open centre to correspond. The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. She made a pretty needle-book, a tiny pincushion, and an emery bag like a big strawberry. New National Fourth Reader Rose Red will shriek over the letter and that particularly rigid pincushion. Clover Nevertheless, I pulled out the pincushion, and showed it to each dog in turn, and the sight of it so forcibly reminded me of my vain hopes, that I could not help crying. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances On the cliffs above my pasture are masses of moss, holding, as a pincushion holds a breastpin, little early saxifrage plants. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Doctor Maynard bought the pink pincushion, and I didn't know how much change to give him, an' he said never mind, he'd forgotten how arithmetic went. Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun A lady in a neighboring house hid her gold coins in the middle of a great round ball of a pincushion. Stories of American Life and Adventure The pincushion was of a familiar type, two circles of pasteboard covered with gray silk, neatly over-handed together, and stuck with a row of closely fitting pins. Clover "I can play," she said, making a neat period after the H on the pincushion. Love Stories Coffee grounds—if there is no garden where they can be used for fertilizer, or if they are not desired as filling for pincushions. Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) She had a few shillings which Mr Prothero had given her, and these she put into her pocket, together with a pincushion, and a curious foreign shell, gifts of Owen. Gladys, the Reaper Such ball pincushions were worn by some of the Dutch women at that time. Stories of American Life and Adventure You came, like most Eastern people, prepared to find us sitting in the middle of a sandy waste, on cactus pincushions, picking our teeth with bowie-knives, and with no neighbors but Indians and grizzly bears. Clover But one night, a roguish actress, while posted near him in the side-wings, employed herself in converting one of his calves into a pincushion. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Do you know, Miss Martineau, that just when I heard your ring at the hall-door I came across a pincushion which you gave me ages and ages ago. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls This pattern can be used for a couvrette or pincushion cover, according to the size of the cotton with which it is worked. Beeton's Book of Needlework Into these bowls Mrs. Squeers, assisted by the hungry servant, poured a brown composition which looked like diluted pincushions without the covers, and was called porridge. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Why don't you make me another pincushion, for instance? The Blossoming Rod The experiments of M. Delafontaine having again raised an outcry against this noble science, from the apparent absence of any benefit likely to arise from it, beyond converting human beings into pincushions and galvanic dummies. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 It was such a pretty pincushion made of pink silk, and dotted over with steel beads to look like pins. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls Boar's Head cotton No. 8; for pincushion covers, mats, and such-like small articles, Boar's Head cotton No. 16 or 20. Beeton's Book of Needlework What subtle, sinister advice may, by a crafty disposition of royal pins, be given on the royal pincushion? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 I don't want to give you a pi-ink pincushion—I don't want to! The Blossoming Rod The other squirrels hunted up and down the nut bushes; but Nutkin gathered robin's pincushions off a briar bush, and stuck them full of pine-needle pins. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin In my undecided way I pinned the note to the blue silk pincushion on Lydia's dressing-case. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 The top of the box is stuffed so as to form a pincushion. Beeton's Book of Needlework I always add to these furnishings a good pair of scissors, stationery marked with the house address or the monogram of the person to whom the desk especially belongs, an almanac, and a pincushion! The House in Good Taste If it ain't our old friend Ad Miller, the human pincushion. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West I declare, Gabriella," the little woman went on with a change of tone, "your head don't look much bigger than a pincushion with your hair fixed that way. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage I knew then that Aggie Tuttle might just as well close down her Rebekkah-at-the-Well dive, and that no one was going to take any more chances on pincushions and tidies and knitted bed slippers. Somewhere in Red Gap They can also be embroidered with coloured silk, wool, or thread, on cloth, rep, or cashmere, for trimming couvrettes and toilet pincushions. Beeton's Book of Needlework My pincushions are as much a part of the equipment of a desk as the writing things, and they aren't frilly, ugly things. The House in Good Taste It was little to see, being no more than the tops of their two heads each on a ridiculous bobbin of skirts, like to a pair of pincushions. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona Turning to the bureau, she smoothed out the children's hair ribbons and pinned them, in two tight little blue and pink rolls, to the pincushion. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage I just stuck the word right in, like a pin into a pincushion, and let it go. Real Folks Counterpanes, couvrettes of every description, mats, pincushions, and a thousand other things can all be arranged from the design. Beeton's Book of Needlework Jason thought this a judgment worthy of young men whose lady-loves give expression to their most sacred sentiments by gifts of pincushions and bookmarks. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Presently the little girl paused, took several pins out of her mouth—which seemed to be the most available pincushion,—and glanced disconsolately at the pine boards of the floor. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir But to Tom and Retta the shells were only pretty playthings, to be doll's dishes, or cups, or pincushions, perhaps. Stories of California Bertha, she looks like some of the little old lady pincushions that I've seen, and she makes such a queer mouth when she talks. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls Ellen thought a pincushion might be useful; and the knitter of the large establishment provided me with comforters. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 Mrs. Kildair, stopping in her bedroom, donned a Watteaulike cooking apron, and slipping her rings from her fingers fixed the three on her pincushion with a hatpin. Murder in Any Degree That most benevolent woman Miss Gull was here this morning, and bought no less than seven of these sweet little pincushions. Marriage No old dog will touch this animal, for he knows better than to get a mouthful of sharp toothpicks by biting Mr. Porcupine, who is like a round pincushion with the pins pointing out. Stories of California Sea urchins, those porcupines of the deep, with long, prickly spines, looking like a lady's pincushion, were in profusion, and clung tenaciously to every rock. Byways Around San Francisco Bay I wrote a reply, waited till everybody had gone to breakfast, and slipping into his room, pinned it to the pincushion. The Morgesons Then going to her dressing table she drew the hatpin from the pincushion and carelessly slipped the rings on her fingers. Murder in Any Degree Grizzy was so occupied in examining her pincushions and counting her buttons, that she never looked up till the carriage stopped in Milsom Street. Marriage Our correspondence, though I say it, would be worth publishing—stuck as full of jokes as a pincushion should be of pins. Fated to Be Free Instead, he turned to the pincushion on his arm, whom I took to be Ma O., and I heard him say "Herzallorliebsten." The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration I put it back in its box, thanking him, and saying it must be stored with the farewell needlebooks and pincushions. The Morgesons Three of you were in my bedroom when I placed my rings on the pincushion. Murder in Any Degree Had the ship's complement been full, they wouldn't have left as much skin on my back as would cover the smallest-sized pincushion. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet She did not open the letter, but left it, unopened, propped up against a little pink silk pincushion, giving it one last glance as she switched off the light before closing the door. The Brown Study When I sent Aunt Emily—from whom I have expectations—a pincushion at Christmas and she retaliated with a pen-wiper on New Year's Day, I thought that was the end of it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919 The back of him was made all in one piece, like a pincushion. The Velveteen Rabbit There is one in the pincushion on my table," she said; "but I think it's a black one. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage He had his sealing-wax and a lighted "homespun candle," as Leslie called the dips of Mrs. Green's manufacture, in one hand, and a pincushion stuck full of needles waiting for tops, in the other. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. I only make pincushions and penwipers, to use up my waste. Ten Girls from Dickens But I wouldn't lay a new pincushion on it myself, sir, though you ARE so well informed. Martin Chuzzlewit Into these bowls, Mrs Squeers, assisted by the hungry servant, poured a brown composition, which looked like diluted pincushions without the covers, and was called porridge. Nicholas Nickleby It may be, however, that I can use you as a pincushion. Rinkitink in Oz The course as pretty as ever; the great pincushion as like a pincushion, but not nearly so full of pins; whole rows of pins wanting. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices A little pincushion, a little housewife, a little book, a little workbox, a little set of tables and weights and measures, and a little woman, all in one. Our Mutual Friend On the table between the ring-stand and the pincushion lay a green leather case. Five Children and It Old pincushion was human—long hours of waiting had made him ravenously hungry. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates If we had winked an eye we would have become pincushions that instant. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies After the great event, rills begin to flow from the pincushion towards the railroad; the rills swell into rivers; the rivers soon unite into a lake. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices I don't just remember whether I stuck it on the pincushion or laid it in the china tray. Anne of Green Gables The little, lop-sided cake at the church supper, the cheapest pincushion, the skimpiest apron at the bazaar, were always Mrs. Archie's contribution. The Song of the Lark "See here, old pincushion, I'd run home yonder and get you a chunk of gingerbread if I thought you could open your mouth." Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates Their brisk, withered little dames, in close-crimped caps, long-waisted short gowns, homespun petticoats, with scissors and pincushions, and gay calico pockets hanging on the outside. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow From under her pincushion she took the library key, and laid it in full view; then she felt at the back of a drawer for the blue brooch that Harney had given her. Summer Can I have some of those pearl beads off the old pincushion in the garret to make myself a ring? Anne of Green Gables It was a square pincushion, made of not quite clean red flannel, and black pins had been stuck carefully into it to form the words, "Menny hapy returns." A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time "Don't you see that pretty red pincushion hanging on yonder door?" asked Lambert in return. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates He reached up then to stroke her hand, a short pincushion of a hand, white enough, but amazingly inundated with dimples. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Upstairs she took the library key from the place where she always hid it under her pincushion—who said she wasn't careful?—put on her hat, and swept down again and out into the street. Summer The walls were as white, the pincushion as hard, the chairs as stiffly and yellowly upright as ever. Anne of Green Gables On the under side of the pincushion was secured a card, bearing in neat letters the name "Miss Amelia Minchin." A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time I mean that here in Haarlem, whenever a boy is born, the parents have a red pincushion put out at the door. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates She was inclined to be fat; not locally, in the manner of a pincushion, but with the generally diffused plumpness described in shops as stock size. Love at Second Sight Then she drew nearer than before: "Dolls!" she murmured again;--"and pincushions!--and emeries!--and 'rats'! you know, for ladies' hair--and chignon-cushions!" The Cavalier She leant her sweet face on her hand, her elbow on the peculiar kind of mammoth pincushion that at once combined and separated the three seats. Love's Shadow One witness, Anne Thorne, testified that every night the pins went from her pincushion into her mouth. The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Then, as if her troubles were all to come in a lump—as they have a way of doing—she stepped squarely into a bunch of "pincushion" cactus. Chip, of the Flying U As to that pincushion made of crimson satin, ornamented with gold beads and frilled with thread-lace, I had the same right to know it as to know the screens—I had made it myself. Villette Oh, no-o-o; not exactly; a beautiful girl, certainly; but—oh, I could have made pincushions of some of those pudgy women, nibbling wafers, and delivering themselves of lukewarm appreciations! The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Out tumbled a small green velvet pincushion made in the shape of a clover-leaf, with a tiny stem of wire wound with green silk. What Katy Did Sneyd asked if there was nothing for him? so I very generously gave him the polyanthuses and planted them with my own hands at the corners of his garden pincushions. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 If any man doubts, let him tread thin-shod upon a healthy little "pincushion" and be convinced. Chip, of the Flying U Even that one touch of colour visible in the red satin pincushion bore affinity to coral; even that dark, shining glass might have mirrored a mermaid. Villette He knew that to me all these people were so much lace, so many blotches of white complexion, so many pincushions of silk or lustrous satin stuck through with jewels. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day There was a pincushion she did not recognize, doubtless a present from some woman. L'Assommoir "Very likely she'd give us another figure like those that are stuck all over Boston, like pins in a pincushion," Hubbard objected. The Philistines There was a square dressing-table and exactly in the centre of it was a square pincushion, with a glass toilet bottle on either side and behind it a smaller glass bottle to match. Patty Fairfield And cheeks, like: A satin pincushion pink, Before rude pins have touched it. Ptomaine Street The membranes, like a monk's The throat, like a pincushion cowl. stuffed with oakum. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 At fifteen years old she had expanded like a calf, white-skinned and very fat; so plump, indeed, you might have called her a pincushion. L'Assommoir You may be sure I was delighted with the green pincushions: we gathered a quantity of them, and I took one home with me, but though I watered it carefully, it soon lost its beauty. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation Manufacture of Bread and Wax Candles carried on in the Convent— Superstitions—Scapularies—Virgin Mary's pincushion—Her House—The Bishop's power over fire—My Instructions to Novices—Jane Ray— Vacillation of feelings. Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published "It looks like a brown pincushion with green needles and pins," said Jehosophat. Seven O'Clock Stories Sophie alone remained silent, and examined the present of another lady—a pretty pincushion in the form of a gay butterfly. O. T. a Danish Romance Being always at home, and under her mother's eyes, she was the old lady's victim, her pincushion, into which Lady Kew plunged a hundred little points of sarcasm daily. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family The child had climbed on one of the boxes, and brought down a square red pincushion from the shelf which ran round the top of the caravan. A Peep Behind the Scenes The Superior often spoke to us of the Virgin Mary's pincushion, the remains of which it is pretended are preserved in the Convent, though it has crumbled quite to dust. Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published But he went out and picked up the pincushion just the same, and addressed himself to the methodical unpacking of his suitcase. The Wishing-Ring Man On another occasion he struck a big sting-ray so full of his impish darts that it resembled an animated pincushion of monstrous proportions. Tropic Days Lady Kew coming to London attended on the party, and presented her granddaughter with a sixpenny pincushion. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family He had crammed the cab with trophies won from the bankrupt proprietors of the Sticks hard by, and with countless pincushions, wooden apples, backy-boxes, Jack-in-the-boxes, and little soldiers. The History of Pendennis Really, her mother looked too queer for words: the long rigid projections stood out all over her head like—like a huge pincushion; no, it was a porcupine. Linda Condon Their appointments were primitive, consisting of a small looking-glass, a pincushion, and a piece of comb in each room. A Trip to Manitoba I again visited Madame Bunkeflod, for whose birthday I invented and made a white silk pincushion. True Story of My Life He talks and chatters and chuckles incessantly, and when he travels he walks like a huge animated pincushion; he is oblivious of everything about him as though asleep. The Grizzly King The sea, I thought, looked like a great purple pincushion, with a mast or two stuck in on the horizon for the pins. Men, Women, and Ghosts The black racer could make sixty miles a day for five days, without drinking, but at the end of such a journey his hump would be no larger than a pincushion, and his temper—? The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert He would pin a note to the pincushion and be off like a rabbit. Right Ho, Jeeves "Here's my old strawberry pincushion!" she cried out. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Phebe," said she, with a quiver in her voice, when she received the tomato pincushion, "I like you just as well as if you wasn't black. Dotty Dimple at Play "Oh, Miss Patty," said Pansy earnestly, "please don't make me have pictures, and pincushions, and vases, and all those things; I like my own things so much better." Patty at Home The words, "God Bless the Babe," were not left wholly to the pincushions which every babe had given him or her, but appeared on the christening blanket. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Lady Kew, coming to London, attended on the party, and presented her granddaughter with a sixpenny pincushion. Boys and girls from Thackeray Their brisk, withered little dames, in close crimped caps, long waisted short-gowns, homespun petticoats, with scissors and pincushions, and gay calico pockets hanging on the outside. Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People "A pincushion upon my coach would please me just as well." History of Tom Jones, a Foundling After this was an amusing record of the latest modes and much about gowns, pincushion hoops, and face-patches. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Here, give me a chair; not that pincushion thing! The Iron Woman "So you shall," cried Mr. Dyce, "only you must have a little card saying 'Sold' on it; for I am surely going to buy that pincushion, Phronsie." Five Little Peppers and their Friends On each desk is a little pincushion, with the same size of tiny pins, like she was in the habit of pinnin' bills together or sumpum like that. Vicky Van "My fingers be as full of thorns as an old pincushion is of pins." Stories by English Authors: England Inside was a round flat pincushion made of blue velvet and embroidered with a spray of apple-blossoms. Glenloch Girls He makes a show of putting all these things in the bag, including the life- preserving suit; and reveals a certain sentiment, not too deep, for the pillow, the pincushion and the toilet case. Dr. Jonathan Cecily, do you know where mother put the sawdust she emptied out of that old beaded pincushion of Grandmother King's, after she had sifted the needles out of it? The Story Girl She held out to me a small velvet pincushion with beads on it. Further Chronicles of Avonlea The bureau was covered with a white towel, on which stood a pincushion, with "Remember Ruth" stuck upon it in pins. What Katy Did at School "She had no pincushion, she has a pin tray." The Story of Julia Page Susan had known what it was to stand in dread of such a window at Chatsworth or Hardwicke, whence shrill shrieks of objurgation, followed sometimes by such missiles as pincushions, shoes, or combs. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland "Now, if Uncle Roger has swallowed any needles, maybe it would make it all right if he swallowed a pincushion." The Story Girl Should she leave a little note for George, "on his pincushion," or simply ask Lizzie to say that she had gone to Beach Meadow? Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby And the crew of the "Victory" have to walk in front, and Captain Hardy is to carry his stars and garters on a great velvet pincushion. The Dynasts But Julia did not remember anything of this in the morning, and the pincushion had rolled under the bed, so Emeline never knew of it. The Story of Julia Page And then she began to reckon up the present resources—drawings, bags, and pincushions. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations Felicity, having used up all the available cooking materials in the house, had to stop perforce; and she now determined to stuff two new pincushions she had been making for her room. The Story Girl Had it been a pincushion that had cost three sous, it would have affected her as much. La Mere Bauche Nan stole her hat, and left a note on Daisy's pincushion, saying she had taken the boys to drive, and all would be out of the way till after tea. Jo's Boys He put away his toy village, scolded Hamlet for eating Mary's pincushion, and dragged out his dirty exercise-book in which he did sums. Jeremy "Only her dutiful allegiance to you; and, as making pincushions is nearly her greatest delight, it is cruel to make her think it, in some mysterious way, wrong and displeasing to you." The Daisy chain, or Aspirations And Aunt Olivia was warned to label all the pincushions in the house. The Story Girl It was that same night, I think, when Aggie's cat found a porcupine in the woods, and came in looking like a pincushion. Tish The whole little room when they left, like the pins in the pincushion, spelled "WELCOME." Rebecca Mary Hamlet was worrying Mary's pincushion at the moment, holding it between his paws, his body stretched out in quivering excitement, his short, "snappy" tail, as Uncle Samuel called it, standing up straight in air. Jeremy The price of the doll was a shilling, and there were quickly added to it, boxes of toys, elaborate bead-work pincushions, polished blue and green boxes, the identical writing-case—even a small Noah's ark. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations Before Elizabeth had time to hide away her doings, George had seen the bright pincushion, and was holding out his hands for it. The Stokesley Secret He then found there was also a small cavity in the tray under the pincushion, which was movable by a bit of ribbon. Desperate Remedies She cut her pincushion in two, But no, not one had fallen through. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 I felt rather taken in when I saw him, on the night of the performance, rigged out as an entomologist, with an insect net, hunting bag, and pincushion. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Man," said Sam Griggs severely, puckering his old, smooth, lined face, "are you a chess automaton or a human pincushion? Strictly business: more stories of the four million Babe sent you a pincushion she made in school. The Trail of the White Mule If the guide book says we must by no means omit to pay a visit to some famous pincushion that contains eleven million pins, we travel five hundred miles on purpose to see it! Diary of a Pilgrimage Such were my reflections upon falsehood, nor could I help altogether blaming the owner of the pincushion for her hasty judgment relating to it. Life and Perambulations of a Mouse Amanda had crocheted lace, and embroidered flannel, and made tidies and pincushions, and had earned enough for her clothes and the child's, little Flora Scott. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural His arms and legs were like great pincushions of those shapes, and his attire disguised him absurdly; but I knew his half-closed eye at one glance. Great Expectations With a touch of the grim humor that plain life breeds, Will declared that the mules were veritable pincushions, so full of arrows were they stuck. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister All the movables, from the wardrobes to the chairs and tables, hangings, glasses, even to the pincushions and scent-bottles on the dressing-tables, displayed the same quaint variety. Bleak House |
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