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HATPIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hatpin mean?
• HATPIN (noun)
The noun HATPIN has 1 sense:
1. a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair
Familiarity information: HATPIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hatpin" is a kind of...):
pin (a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things)
Context examples
She never told me of those marks on her arm that you saw this morning, but I know very well that they come from a stab with a hatpin.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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