stickpin
Example Sentences
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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
As a further token of their host’s esteem, each male guest also received a gold watch and a diamond stickpin.
From Washington Post
In her hands, stickpins, drinking straws and plastic foam cups blossom into thrilling biomorphic forms.
From New York Times
This man was wearing an immaculate white suit, a pale blue shirt and a yellow satin tie with a bright stickpin.
From Literature
An old burn alongside the river has a spare, stickpin geometry best seen in winter, the black charred trees pricking fresh snow.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
