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brooch

[brohch, brooch] / broʊtʃ, brutʃ /
NOUN
ornamental pin
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Among novelist Mona Awad’s prized possessions is a handmade rabbit brooch with delicate hanging daggers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

He finished his wedding-day look with a brooch, ruling out a boutonniere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Alan Cumming was the host with the most, certainly when it came to hair embellishments and his sparkling brooch.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026

This week, Rausch’s fellow Traitors, Housewives Candiace Dillard Bassett and Lisa Rinna, get to peacock in a massive crown and, for Rinna, a brooch as bewitching as it is deadly.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

Each one adds her own flair to it—a brooch, a colored sash—but underneath we all know it's The Dress.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

The museum also confirmed it lost a bust, brooches, a perfume bottle, two bracelets, comb, hatpin, belt buckle and several necklaces and pendants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

In Armani's refined yet relaxed collection, some men sported a tie pin on their jacket lapel, while male and female models wore matching sparkling brooches.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

Long reserved for women or military dress, brooches adorned men's chests during Milan Fashion Week, a throwback to a bygone era but with jewellery now signalling individuality, not just status.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

From her “controlled chaos” come intricate, ornate, one-of-a-kind necklaces, earrings, brooches and rings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025

Ifemelu enjoyed the Sunday ritual of those meals in the ornate hotel dining room, full of nicely dressed people, silver-haired couples with their grandchildren, middle-aged women with brooches pinned on their lapels.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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