Hands
Hands noun - (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child.
Needles
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Creepy Long Fingers: Other Mother's final form show her with very skeletal hands, composed of sewing needles rather than actual hands with bones and skin.
Source: Western Animation / Coraline -
She could barely move after being untied - her rescuer had to massage her hands to get the blood moving, the dog took care of her ankles - and had pins and needles afterwards, as well as rope burn.
Source: Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists -
By the end of the movie she reveals her true form - a spindly spider-human hybrid with cracked porcelain skin, metal legs and hands with claws made of sewing needles.
Source: Western Animation / Coraline
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