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1. • • breast +‎ pin Noun [ edit] breastpin (plural breastpins) An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
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   • An excessively coloured man in a rasping white shirt and brand-new slops, a shining hat, and a breastpin, turned round. Breastpin definition: a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch.. See examples of BREASTPIN used in a sentence.

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   When did breast & pin become a word?

   • [ 1825–35; breast + pin] This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: cross section, relativity, runway, structural, torque Read about the team of authors behind Collins Dictionaries. A brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment....

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   When was breastpin first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun breastpin is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for breastpin is from 1779, in Morning Chronicle. breastpin is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., pin n.1

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   • Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd [ 1825–35; breast + pin] This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: cross section, relativity, runway, structural, torque

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   Breastpin definition: a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch.. See examples of BREASTPIN used in a sentence.

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   What does the noun breastpin mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun breastpin . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   noun. a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [ 1825–35; breast + pin] This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35.

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   Define breastpin. breastpin synonyms, breastpin pronunciation, breastpin translation, English dictionary definition of breastpin. n a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers...

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   Noun. An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area. Mark on that nose the colour left by too copious port and viands; to which the profuse cravat with exorbitant breastpin, and the fixed, forward, and as it were menacing glance of the eyes correspond.

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   Jul 19, 2021 · breastpin (plural breastpins) An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.

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   1. : a woman's brooch. 2. : tiepin. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. Start your free trial today and get unlimited access to America's largest dictionary, with: