safety pin

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noun fastener; hold on something

noun. fastener; hold on something

1857, from safety + pin (n.).

Was it not the safety pin that made the world safe for infancy?

When Adam delved and Eve did spin, what did they do for a safety pin?

In this form of grenade a safety pin holds the plunger from the cap.

When the grenade is to be thrown the safety pin is withdrawn.

I know a girl who stuck a safety pin on a stump for a scout sign.

These are only a few of the uses of the safety pin on the trail.

Belatedly, Penny realized that she had forgotten to pull the safety pin.

One deadly weapon he had with him and that was a safety pin.

Which was fifty-five cents and a key and a safety pin more than some folk had that Monday morning in New York.

It contained a large round leather disk to which a safety pin had been sewn.