breastpin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of breastpin
Example Sentences
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Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like a breastpin torn from a satin gown, the great control cabin was ripped from the body of the ship.
From Time Magazine Archive
She wore an antiquated black alpaca dress, sans buttons, sans collar, sans cuffs; but the crowning glory of her costume, and her particular pride, was a breastpin of hair grapes.
From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Marsland, Cora
The young gentleman had bought a light sky-blue neckerchief, and a very large breastpin containing a gem which he was assured by the vendor was a genuine stone.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various
Hence, my boy, we can properly appreciate the "Effigynia," as it is classically called, which a thoughtful yellow-vested chap of much breastpin, from Pequog, has just opened on Pennsylvania Avenue.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Newell, Robert H.
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