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breastpin

American  
[brest-pin] / ˈbrɛstˌpɪn /

noun

  1. a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch.

breastpin British  
/ ˈbrɛstˌpɪn /

noun

  1. a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment

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Etymology

Origin of breastpin

First recorded in 1825–35; breast + pin

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Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The crater Tycho forms a breastpin for the lady, and Menelaus glitters like a diamond ornament in her hair, while the range of the Apennines resembles a sort of coronet resting on her forehead.

From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Serviss, Garrett Putman

None of these things did we find, but we did discover an old brass breastpin, whose probable glass stone was gone.

From Solomon by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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