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What is the noun for pricklings?

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prick
  1. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. [from 10th c.]
  2. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. [from 10th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. [10th-18th c.]
  4. (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot. [10th-18th c.]
  5. A small pointed object. [from 10th c.]
  6. The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object. [from 13th c.]
  7. (slang, vulgar) The penis. [from 16th c.]
  8. (pejorative) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. [from 16th c.]
  9. (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco. [from 17th c.]
  10. The footprint of a hare.
  11. (obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
  12. (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
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  14. Examples:
    1. “When thick hair follicles are removed from the grain of the leather, they can leave a hole the size of a pin prick on the surface.”
      “I might be persuaded that it is so had I never tasted sugar or salt, never smelt a rose or hemlock, or never felt spring warmth or the prick of a needle.”
      “Caroline felt a prick at the back of her neck and swatted at whatever bug had bitten her.”
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prickle
  1. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
  2. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
  3. A kind of willow basket.
  4. (Britain, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “A prickle caught my T-shirt and I pulled the shirt off the prickle and crawled.”
      “The passage's haughty assurance raised a prickle of annoyance in Jeremiah.”
prickliness
  1. The state or quality of being prickly.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Some of his prickliness was an expression of offended authority, but much of it also had to do with his own quick temper.”
      “Numerous studies have shown, however, that prickliness, spinesence or thorniness decreases with increasing height in the crown.”
      “Mid-way through her answer, her neatly measured affability gives way to a decided prickliness.”
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