"needling" meaning in English

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        "A needy person."
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Paul Chrystal, When in Rome: Social Life in Ancient Rome",
          "text": "[…] it is a steady drip drip of small imperceptible needlings and irritations, coming day after day between a man and his wife, […]",
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        "The act of one who needles or annoys."
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