Meaning of breastpin | Babel Free

Definitions

An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.

Examples

“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.”

“A sprig of white flowers was in her light wavy hair, and another fastened by her breastpin drooped over her bosom.”

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