breastpin
Example Sentences
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Like a breastpin torn from a satin gown, the great control cabin was ripped from the body of the ship.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been unwrapping the newspaper while he was talking, and Marcy was struck dumb with astonishment when he saw him bring the lost breastpin to light.
From Marcy The Blockade Runner by White, George G. (George Gorgas)
We were married on Thanksgiving day, and I wore a pink delaine, purple neck-ribbon, and this very breastpin that sister Abby gave me,—it cost four dollars, and came 'way from Boston.
From Solomon by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
