| 单词 | mourning pin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmourning pin mourning pin n. a black pin worn during mourning. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > brooch or pin > [noun] > other brooches breast brooch1625 breastpin1779 mourning pin1822 bosom-brooch1835 witch brooch1871 mantle-knot1896 fáinne1919 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > wearing of mourning garments > mourning garments > pin mourning pin1822 1822 Lit. Speculum Mar. 335 An imitation mourning pin, in value two shillings and six pence, planted in the middle [of the cravat]. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 162/2 Mourning pins may be made of brass,..varnishing being substituted for tinning. 1878 Catholic World 28 119/1 Her snowy kerchief fastened primly by a mourning-pin in an old-fashioned diamond setting that caught and glinted back the sun's rays. 1998 Sun (Baltimore) (Nexis) 13 Sept. b1 A rare Lincoln mourning pin, the kind Northerners wore after the president was assassinated. < as lemmas |
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