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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 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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   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 breast & pin first recorded?

   • 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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   noun. a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. breastpin in American English. (ˈbrɛstˌpɪn ) noun. US. an ornamental pin or brooch worn at the breast or near the throat. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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     A brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment.......

   • Breasting

     BREASTING definition: a piece of leather or other material...

   • Breastplough

     Obsolete a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used...

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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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   Jul 15, 2024 · breastpin. Other forms: breastpins. Definitions of breastpin. noun. a decorative pin worn by women. synonyms: broach, brooch. see more.

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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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   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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   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...