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breastpin

[brest-pin] / ˈbrɛstˌpɪn /
NOUN
brooch
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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

None of these things did we find, but we did discover an old brass breastpin, whose probable glass stone was gone.

From Solomon by Constance Fenimore Woolson

"What have those things to do with mother's breastpin?" demanded Marcy.

From Marcy The Blockade Runner by George G. (George Gorgas) White

"Are you sure of that, Bristles?" asked Fred, upon hearing his chum make such an astonishing assertion with regard to that tawdry breastpin picked up in the cave.

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




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