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pinprick

 noun
     
pin‧prick [countable]
1 a very small area or dot of something
pinprick of
a pinprick of light
2 a very small hole in something, similar to one made by a pin
3 something that slightly annoys you:
These problems were pinpricks compared with what was to come.
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