bar pin

Example Sentences

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Then she went to get a gold bar pin for her dress front, to make the neck higher, and I went out to the porch for a drink of well water.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Almost under the scaffold he saw the shine of precious stones and called to her as he picked up the pin, a bar pin splendidly set with diamonds.

From Merton of the Movies by Wilson, Harry Leon

The result was a dress pattern of soft black silk, brocaded with a small leafy design, a graceful lace-edged, muslin fichu, and an onyx bar pin upon which three butterflies were outlined by tiny pearls.

From People of the Whirlpool by Wright, Mabel Osgood

Finally it purchased a silver bangle a little larger than a ten-cent piece, had it hung from a bar pin, and inscribed "First Prize."

From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Brehm, Worth

The salesman, who wore blue-and-white-striped soft collars with a bar pin across the front, does not even enter the story.

From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie