scarfpin

Example Sentences

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Then, of a sudden, he added: "Do you suspect anybody of taking the scarfpin?"

From The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery by Stratemeyer, Edward

It was curling away from the wood and appeared to be ready to drop off, so that it was an easy matter for Morris to impale it on his scarfpin.

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague

My watch and chain, my scarfpin, and thirty-three dollars in bills were taken from me, either by you or your companion.

From Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret by Stratemeyer, Edward

London-made clothes, Bond-street neckwear, scarfpin from Rome, general air of confidence and calm.

From Mrs. Red Pepper by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

H'only this morning I come upon this scarfpin," exhibiting a very striking instance of that article, "an' I recalled as 'ow Sir 'Ugh give it me when 'e was acourting of Lydy Elling.

From The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Cather, Willa Sibert