breastpin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of breastpin
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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
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 Robert H. Newell
Occasionally, my boy, he would wear a large seal ring, but it was always brass; and now and then he would exhibit a large breastpin, but it was always galvanized.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Robert H. Newell
"See, now I'm a breastpin," said the Darning-needle.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
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