breastpin

[ brest-pin ]
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noun
  1. a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch.

Origin of breastpin

1
First recorded in 1825–35; breast + pin

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How to use breastpin in a sentence

  • The Peyton pearls must be taken from the strong box—a necklace, earrings, breastpin and tiara.

    The Comings of Cousin Ann | Emma Speed Sampson
  • This was a breastpin of purest gold, with the head—a great violet cut from a single amethyst—as perfectly executed as hers.

  • She was in Bex, eighteen years ago, when Babette was baptized; she had given Babette, the expensive breastpin which she wore.

    The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. | Hans Christian Andersen
  • It seemed in her dream that there was something at the bottom that she wanted—a breastpin or a piece of money.

    The Long Roll | Mary Johnston
  • An excessively coloured man in a rasping white shirt and brand-new slops, a shining hat, and a breastpin, turned round.

    Life's Handicap | Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for breastpin

breastpin

/ (ˈbrɛstˌpɪn) /


noun
  1. a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment

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