1. a small padded cushion used to hold pins and needles while sewing
2. something that receives many sharp attacks or criticisms
Usage: figurative

Examples

• She stuck the pins into her pincushion after hemming the dress.
• The red velvet pincushion sat on her sewing table.
• My grandmother’s pincushion was shaped like a tomato.
• He kept his needles organized in a small pincushion.
• The politician became a pincushion for media criticism.
• After the scandal, she felt like a pincushion at work.