stickpin
a decorative straight pin with a jeweled or ornamented head and a long shaft with a sheath for encasing the point, used for holding an ascot or necktie in place.
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How to use stickpin in a sentence
It might mount nicely into a stickpin for Bill, she thought; a memento of the Klappan Range.
North of Fifty-Three | Bertrand W. SinclairHe had, as a matter of fact, attractive eyes; and that cerise-coloured knitted tie with a pearl stickpin might indicate much.
Tutors' Lane | Wilmarth LewisColliver cried peevishly, "Why can't a man wear a passable ring and stickpin without it attracting the attention of other people?"
The Secret of the Silver Car | Wyndham MartynAin't he got a new pair of pants, a blouse, a navy blue tie and a new stickpin?
Green Valley | Katharine ReynoldsA gold-wire bracelet on her left wrist and a stickpin in her four-in-hand tie were her only ornaments.
Otherwise Phyllis | Meredith Nicholson
British Dictionary definitions for stick pin
the US name for tiepin
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