stickpin

Example Sentences

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“Get moving as quickly as you can, Nell,” she ordered, pinching a few stickpins between her lips as she hurriedly tried to hem a pair of black pants.

From Literature

Max had gone west to seek his fortune, and upon her blouse collar, Mrs. Brenner bore proof of his success—a tiny nugget of raw gold fashioned into a stickpin.

From Literature

My first professionally published work appeared in Ms., and I still have a stickpin with the magazine’s logo — remember stickpins and how popular they were in the ’80s?

From Los Angeles Times

As a further token of their host’s esteem, each male guest also received a gold watch and a diamond stickpin.

From Washington Post

In her hands, stickpins, drinking straws and plastic foam cups blossom into thrilling biomorphic forms.

From New York Times