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breastpin
/ ˈbrɛstˌpɪn /
noun
- a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
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Word History and Origins
Origin of breastpin1
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Example Sentences
The Peyton pearls must be taken from the strong box—a necklace, earrings, breastpin and tiara.
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.
It seemed in her dream that there was something at the bottom that she wanted—a breastpin or a piece of money.
An excessively coloured man in a rasping white shirt and brand-new slops, a shining hat, and a breastpin, turned round.
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