BREASTPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breastpin mean? 

• BREASTPIN (noun)
  The noun BREASTPIN has 1 sense:

1. a decorative pin worn by women

  Familiarity information: BREASTPIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREASTPIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decorative pin worn by women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

breastpin; broach; brooch

Hypernyms ("breastpin" is a kind of...):

pin (a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breastpin"):

sunburst (a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun)

 Context examples 

I won’t insult your intelligence by telling you how I read that, especially as, rather against the strict rules of your order, you use an arc-and-compass breastpin.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)