pin-pricked in English

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          "ref": "1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:",
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        "Having been pricked by a pin; having a pin stuck through."
      ],
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  "word": "pin-pricked"
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      "form": "more pin-pricked",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
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        "Having been pricked by a pin; having a pin stuck through."
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"pin-pricked" meaning in English

Adjective