pin on
Attribute to someone, especially a wrongdoing or crime. For example, They pinned the murder on the wrong man. This expression uses pin in the sense of “attach.” [First half of 1900s]
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Million drew a breath that made the pin-on tie surge up and down upon the breast of her Jap silk blouse.
Miss Million's MaidBertha Ruck