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
As it shone so brightly the Darning-needle spoke to it, introducing herself as a breastpin.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
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 Constance Fenimore Woolson
You hain't heerd of anybody's findin' a breastpin, hev ye?
From Three Little Cousins by Amy Ella Blanchard
