I saw Wilkins, all Jimville saw him; in fact, he came into the Silver Dollar when we were holding a church fair and bought a pink silk pincushion.

"Had the ship's complement been full, they wouldn't have left as much skin on my back as would cover the smallest-sized pincushion.

When I sent Aunt Emilyfrom whom I have expectationsa pincushion at Christmas and she retaliated with a pen-wiper on New Year's Day, I thought that was the end of it.

I gave Henry a little pincushion, which I made on purpose for him, and not knowing what to present Fred with, I allowed him to rip open my second-best doll, which was still in quite a good state of preservation.

"Phebe," said she, with a quiver in her voice, when she received the tomato pincushion, "I like you just as well as if you wasn't black.

He took up the pincushion.