Mother may give one a poke in the eye (6)

I believe the answer is:

needle

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'poke in the eye' is the definition.
'needle' can be an answer for 'poke' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'in the eye' bit.

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(Other definitions for needle that I've seen before include "Annoy - syringe" , "Wind up" , "Annoy by continuous criticism; stylus" , "peak" , "pinnacle of rock" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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