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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

Only a flimsy little old plated breastpin, with a red stone in it.

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

Fanny passed the box to her, and she took from it a little gold breastpin, in the form of an anchor.

From Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People by Oliver Optic

My mother gave me the apron, and the old gentleman on the second floor, the garnet breastpin.

From The Children of the World by Paul Heyse


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