She said, in defence, that it was a foolish practice she had of talking to herself, and several of her neighbours corroborated her statement; but the evidence of the pricker was received.
It was the object of the witch-pricker to discover this spot, and the unhappy wight who did not bleed when pricked upon it was doomed to the death.
One noontide I was by Franklin Swinton's gate, when up he rides with a yeoman pricker at his heels.
They are many leaders who shout and beckon, and one, a tall man with a golden beard, who stands before the gate stamping his foot and hallooing them on, as a pricker doth the hounds.
I frequently make statistical records of form and feature, in the streets or in company, without exciting attention, by means of a fine pricker and a piece of paper.
The pricker is a converted silver pencil-case, with the usual sliding piece; it is a very small one, and is attached to my watch chain.
It shall serve as a summons, and Prig, Prim, and Pricker shall marshal your forces," continued the wizard.
It is only Prim, Prig, and Prickermaking sport," replied the servant.
Very well," said Dick, still poking the touch-hole, and examining the point of the pricker as he withdrew it.
A pricker was used to record the score on the card, and the leather pad protected the point of the pricker from the silver back.
Well,' the pricker answered him, 'it is true that I have not often seen you ride a-hawking.
Sir, ye cannot miss the way,' the prickersaid surlily.
In general the pricker was the master of the situation, and brought all the rest to his feet.
Take the lamp out and let me try if I can get the wick up with the prickerbefore I strike the match.
We have seen that Henry Ogle had driven the Scotch pricker out of the country.
But the pricker went back to Scotland with thirty pounds, the arrangement having been that he was to receive twenty shillings a witch.
Nor can we forget the witch-pricker of Berwick who was sent a-flying back to his native northern soil, nor the persistent Mrs. Muschamp who tramped over Northumberland seeking a warrant and finding none.
When Pricker was running on the grass, or when we were feeding him with milk, Tawney used to play about without condescending to take the slightest notice of the little animal; in short, he pretended not to see him.
When we had had Pricker for some weeks, we received a present of a second hedgehog.
So that we felt quite easy about the safety of Pricker and his comrade.
The tatuer or her assistant stretches with her feet the skin of the part to be tatued, and, dipping a pricker into the pigment, taps its handle with the striker, driving the needle points into the skin at each tap.
A short thick tapestry needle is best, and the lashing must be steady and even, but if it is difficult to stitch through the cloth an awl or pricker can be used to make the holes before beginning to stitch.
Now with an awl or pricker make a neat hole in the center of the two pieces when they are fitted together.
Pricker must remain, he must defy his adversary, and yield only in death to this dandy Frenchman; he would therefore remain in those ancestral halls, which had so long sheltered the tailor of the two queens.
Pricker was a lost man, wounded in his ambition, his most sacred feelings trampled upon, and his just claim to the gratitude of his generation disallowed.
Madame Pricker stepped toward him, and greeted him with the most profound reverence, calling him master of ceremonies and master of the bed-chamber.
Pricker paid no attention to him, but looking at the pictures which hung on the wall, he bowed respectfully before one of them.
Pricker remained alone; grand and proud he stood in the middle of the saloon, and looked up, like a conquering hero, at the grim portraits of his ancestors.
I believe Anna Pricker has at least a million, and old Pricker lies very ill from the shock of his wife's sudden death.
In a few moments Madame Pricker announced the rich Mademoiselle Orguelin and her future husband.
Madame Pricker opened the door, and bade the master of ceremonies enter the adjoining room, where M.
Mother Pricker shook her head, sighed deeply, and replied: "Not yet!
Mr. Pricker observed these citizens, and with a friendly greeting beckoned to them to approach.
And Mr. Pricker broke out into a loud, wild laugh, which made his friends shudder, and then sunk slowly into the arms of the glover.
Yes, Mr. Prickercould not deceive himself, it was his son; it was William, his heir.
Pricker listened to all this with horror and astonishment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pricker" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
