noun
a small or sharp-pointed stick or stickle
verb
to pierce or stab with a stickle or pointed instrument
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The stickle protruding from the tree branch was carefully removed by the arborist.
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Be careful not to poke yourself on that stickle sticking out of the fence.
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Ouch, I just got pricked by a stickle on the rose bush!
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She tried to stickle her way out of taking responsibility for the mistake.