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noun British.

a thumbtack.

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Origin of drawing pin

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby drawing pin

drawing board, drawing card, drawing chisel, drawing frame, drawing-in, drawing pin, drawing room, drawing-room comedy, drawing table, draw in one's horns, draw in the reins

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How to use drawing pin in a sentence

Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.
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Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?
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By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.
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Now, the recent actions of ISIS and Boko Haram are drawing attention to the role of human trafficking.
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A drawing of three skulls along with a message in English appeared on computer screens at the targeted firms.
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In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.
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She began the study of drawing at the age of thirty, and her first attempt in oils was made seven years later.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
This habit and the fact that she cares more for color than for drawing are the usual criticisms of her pictures.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
When they rose from table and went back into her little drawing-room, she left her daughter alone for awhile with Bernard.
Confidence|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for drawing pin

drawing pin

noun

British a short tack with a broad smooth head for fastening papers to a drawing board, etcUS and Canadian name: thumbtack

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drawing pin

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