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breastpin

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breastpin [ˈbrɛstˌpɪn]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
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Noun1.breastpin - a decorative pin worn by womenbreastpin - a decorative pin worn by women      
pin - a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
sunburst - a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun


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To Jo I leave my breastpin, the one mended with sealing wax, also my bronze inkstand--she lost the cover--and my most precious plaster rabbit, because I am sorry I burned up her story.
Run and put on your breastpin, and then come and tell us all about it.
They will counterfeit a fly, or a high-toned bug, or the ruined Coliseum, within the cramped circle of a breastpin, and do it so deftly and so neatly that any man might think a master painted it.
 
 
 
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