safety pin
Example Sentences
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Adding insult to injury, to settle a debt, Hunt sold the 1849 patent rights for something that could have kept his legacy alive: the modern-day safety pin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The costume department must have used every safety pin in town.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
The clothing items found with her remains included a dark-green sweater with a white safety pin attached to the front, dark-green trousers and a long-sleeved pink sweater.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023
For a movement dedicated to shocking the masses and jabbing a safety pin into social pretensions, punk also had a moral streak.
From New York Times • May 30, 2022
She saw the safety pin holding the hem of the dress up.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
