breastpin

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Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

She wore an antiquated black alpaca dress, sans buttons, sans collar, sans cuffs; but the crowning glory of her costume, and her particular pride, was a breastpin of hair grapes.

From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Marsland, Cora

Well, I declare, if it isn't a sort of breastpin, as sure as you live!

From Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School by Chapman, Allen