breastpin

Example Sentences

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Like a breastpin torn from a satin gown, the great control cabin was ripped from the body of the ship.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fathia lost a breastpin of 36 diamonds and 25 sapphires.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I have a request to make of you," she said, with faltering voice, while she took out a breastpin with a large pearl.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

She wore an antiquated black alpaca dress, sans buttons, sans collar, sans cuffs; but the crowning glory of her costume, and her particular pride, was a breastpin of hair grapes.

From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Marsland, Cora