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It was a shortened form of the word witchpricker, descriptive of the forensic practice of poking the suspect with a needle.
Comments for Damn Interesting Lyzbeth 2010
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It was the object of the witchpricker to discover this spot, and the unhappy wight who did not bleed when pricked upon it, was doomed to the death.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Charles Mackay 1851
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