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English citations of cactus
Verb: "to prickle"[edit]
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- 2007, Gregg Hurwitz, The Crime Writer, Viking (2007), →ISBN, page 1:
- Instead of hair, a seam of stubble and stitches cactused my palm.
Verb: "to be stuck with"[edit]
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- 2006, Scott Smith, The Ruins, Vintage Books (2007), →ISBN, page 357:
- A little pincushion cactused full of needles.
