safety pin
a pin bent back on itself to form a spring, with a guard to cover the point.
Origin of safety pin
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Other definitions for safety-pin (2 of 2)
to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
Origin of safety-pin
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How to use safety pin in a sentence
It’s also helpful to have sewing or safety pins, a straightedge, and a piece of chalk, but you can get by without those items.
I’m that person who has pants with cuffs held up by carefully positioned safety pins.
Some objects will remind us of the pandemic long after it’s over | Theresa Vargas | February 17, 2021 | Washington PostIt was a massive hit, and the safety-pin dress a brilliant cartoonish cherry on top of it.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress | Tim Teeman | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn another short, the actress had to act like she was eating a doll head with a safety pin through it on a cracker.
You know that he must have been a tormented genius, or one for whom everything clicked as tidily as a safety pin.
About his body hung an old duck jacket, so rotted with rust and mildew as to lend scant anchorage for one brass safety pin.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellIt was of the safety-pin order, but made of gold and ornamented with small emeralds set as a four-leafed shamrock.
The Pillar of Light | Louis TracyNow to divide for the neck: K 34, and slip these st on to a safety-pin.
Needlework Economies | VariousSafety-pin employed in the toilet of Edward VI when an infant.
The Jolliest Term on Record | Angela BrazilAlready in the safety-pin and scarf-pin we have had instances of fastenings which at times are ornamental.
The Heritage of Dress | Wilfred Mark Webb
British Dictionary definitions for safety pin
a spring wire clasp with a covering catch, made so as to shield the point when closed and to prevent accidental unfastening
another word for pin (def. 9)
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