stickpin
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
My first professionally published work appeared in Ms., and I still have a stickpin with the magazine’s logo — remember stickpins and how popular they were in the ’80s?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2020
He wore a well-tailored midnight-blue suit—even in the sixties he wore suits—and a stickpin through his collar.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016
You could have heard a diamond stickpin drop.
From Forbes ● Oct. 8, 2013
Her father — "a sharp, beautiful dude with a diamond stickpin" — would have none of that.
From Time ● May 10, 2010
Max had gone west to seek his fortune, and upon her blouse collar, Mrs. Brenner bore proof of his success—a tiny nugget of raw gold fashioned into a stickpin.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
