breastpin
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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 SampsonThis was a breastpin of purest gold, with the head—a great violet cut from a single amethyst—as perfectly executed as hers.
Charles Auchester, Volume 2 (of 2) | Elizabeth SheppardShe 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 AndersenIt 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 JohnstonAn 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
/ (ˈbrɛstˌpɪn) /
a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
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