breastpin

[ brest-pin ]

/ ˈbrɛstˌpɪn /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR breastpin ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

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

Origin of breastpin

First recorded in 1825–35; breast + pin

Words nearby breastpin

breast drill, breasted, breast-feed, breasting, breast line, breastpin, breastplate, breastplow, breast pump, breaststroke, breastsummer

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Example sentences from the Web for breastpin

In his necktie was a large diamond, and a star-shaped clustre of small ones furnished him with a breastpin.
Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia|Maturin M. Ballou
On the cliffs above my pasture are masses of moss, holding, as a pincushion holds a breastpin, little early saxifrage plants.
How To Write Special Feature Articles|Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
Now that breastpin has got to find its latitude; that you see will be a work of time.
Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends|Fanny Fern
Don't stick a breastpin in that shirt-bosom and go about with a strut!
The William Henry Letters|Abby Morton Diaz

He had placed in the little box with the breastpin a piece of paper on which he had given expression to his feelings in verse.
Barbara Blomberg, Complete|Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for breastpin

breastpin

/ (ˈbrɛstˌpɪn) /

noun

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	breastpin
释义	breastpin [ brest-pin ] / ˈbrɛstˌpɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR breastpin ON THESAURUS.COM noun a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch. Origin of breastpin First recorded in 1825–35; breast + pin Words nearby breastpin breast drill, breasted, breast-feed, breasting, breast line, breastpin, breastplate, breastplow, breast pump, breaststroke, breastsummer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for breastpin In his necktie was a large diamond, and a star-shaped clustre of small ones furnished him with a breastpin. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia\|Maturin M. Ballou On the cliffs above my pasture are masses of moss, holding, as a pincushion holds a breastpin, little early saxifrage plants. How To Write Special Feature Articles\|Willard Grosvenor Bleyer Now that breastpin has got to find its latitude; that you see will be a work of time. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends\|Fanny Fern Don't stick a breastpin in that shirt-bosom and go about with a strut! The William Henry Letters\|Abby Morton Diaz He had placed in the little box with the breastpin a piece of paper on which he had given expression to his feelings in verse. Barbara Blomberg, Complete\|Georg Ebers British Dictionary definitions for breastpin breastpin / (ˈbrɛstˌpɪn) / noun a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to breastpin jewelry, clip, cluster, bar pin
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breastpin

noun

Origin of breastpin

Words nearby breastpin

Example sentences from the Web for breastpin

British Dictionary definitions for breastpin

noun

Words related to breastpin