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单词 pushpin
释义

pushpin

[ poosh-pin ]
/ ˈpʊʃˌpɪn /
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noun

a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.
an early children's game.
Archaic. child's play; triviality.

Origin of pushpin

1580–90, for an earlier sense; push + pin

Words nearby pushpin

push on, push one's luck, pushout, pushover, push paper, pushpin, push plate, push poll, push polling, push-pull, pushrod
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Example sentences from the Web for pushpin

  • Do you mean to say that you really agree with Bentham that, quantity of pleasure being equal, pushpin is as good as poetry?

    The Meaning of Good--A Dialogue|G. Lowes Dickinson
  • I play at pushpin with Homer every morning before breakfast, fingering and polishing, as Paris did his armour.

    The Works of William Cowper|William Cowper

British Dictionary definitions for pushpin

pushpin
/ (ˈpʊʃˌpɪn) /

noun

US and Canadian a pin with a small ball-shaped head
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
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