They were two great scarlet satin pincushions, with E.C. and E.M. very neatly stuck in pins.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wide, Wide World] Reference

This webpage claims that pincushions go back to Tudor times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pincushion-in-the-box] Reference

A reader sent us this link on how to make cupcake pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cupcake pincushions] Reference

At once the idea of the sugar-bowls and pincushions fascinated me.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Home with the Jardines] Reference

Mommy, daddy and every little boy and girl are turned into pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Dragon (2002)] Reference

He suspected the sick babies were going to be tested, mere pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savor Me Slowly] Reference

Charles mending nets, filling pincushions, and getting ready for the day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1] Reference

'Had they any sense, they loons would ha' made pincushions o 'us erenow.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Hearts and Three Lions]

That little dolly is so pretty and I love those pincushions...hint, hint!.    From Wordnik.com.  [sewing for birthdays and boredom (plus a very quiet, maybe you won't notice, brag)] Reference

Shay hated to have needles there, but her arms were like pincushions now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crave] Reference

The others in agony, shrapnel making them feel like they were pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bloomsday Dead] Reference

The fault lies not in our stars, but in our sweat, that we are pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mosquito fickleness explained at last] Reference

Eight trussed bodies lay on the road, eight bodies that looked like pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soprano Sorceress]

The pain got worse, until it felt as if she were walking on acid-soaked pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Demons Don't Dream]

"Archers!" shouts Gethen, and the arrows turn half the remaining Suthyans into pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fall of Angels]

Actually, I don't know what these were - made of cloth, they looked like elegant pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

Hillary Clinton had an affinity for tropical flowers, such as birds of paradise and pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choosing a New Flower Czar] Reference

Bristled like pincushions, the mounts of the priests staggered out of stride and fell screaming.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shadowfane]

Not sure what human pincushions he was hanging with, but there is nothing "delicate" about that habit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Woods: Time to Ditch the Fried Piper Role, Keith Richards] Reference

"U.S. and foreign businesses cannot and will not serve as pincushions" for Beijing's dictates on trade.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Hole] Reference

Mr. McAleer and Ms. McElhinney have put needles into the pincushions of self-satisfied environmentalists before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Filmmaker vs. Hysterics] Reference

I walked until my bones ached from the cold and my socks collected so many burrs my ankles felt like pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laurie Pettigrew: The Arts, Native American Culture, and Sustainable Living] Reference

But to Tom and Retta the shells were only pretty playthings, to be doll's dishes, or cups, or pincushions, perhaps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories of California] Reference

I'm hoping to find some more about pincushions in one of the books that are on my "to be read" list, once I find the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pincushion-in-the-box] Reference

As an added bonus for December we have adorable cupcake pincushions compliments of SWEET CUPPIN CAKES BAKERY AND CUPCAKERY SUPPLY.    From Wordnik.com.  [IronCupcake_005: Pumpkin Pecan Cupcakes... 2 Ways!] Reference

There were lower extremities of the grand-piano type, and short, fat feet with a look of pincushions resolutely stuffed into shoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juggernaut] Reference

She wore a string round under one arm, with seven or eight charms like good-sized pincushions or housewifes of different coloured silks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Arabia] Reference

This pincushion is a joy to have for everybody who likes to use pincushions and does textile work in more places than the home sewing spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pincushion-in-the-box] Reference

I don't believe that a baker wants pocket pincushions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference

Well, you know the dear little pincushions we made for Aunt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference

If we had winked an eye we would have become pincushions that instant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies] Reference

I also just got the pincushions books from our library - you are very busy!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bella Dia] Reference

They are as good as gold, those two, and the pincushions can mean no harm. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference

I am hoping to make some felt balls which will be cut in half and used as pincushions.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

After all the pincushions and sofa pillows and embroidered slippers were sold, Emil precipitated.    From Wordnik.com.  [O Pioneers!] Reference