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pins and needleses

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pins and needles

–noun
1. a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.
2. on pins and needles, in a state of nervous anticipation: The father-to-be was on pins and needles.

Origin:
1800–10
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Main Entry: pins and needles
Function: noun plural
: a pricking tingling sensation in a limb growing numb or recovering from numbness
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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