breastpin
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Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The young gentleman had bought a light sky-blue neckerchief, and a very large breastpin containing a gem which he was assured by the vendor was a genuine stone.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various
His supper hour was over long ago, though he did not say so, his parting words being: "I'll let you know first thing if I hear anything of the breastpin."
From Three Little Cousins by Blanchard, Amy Ella
