breastpin

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breastpin

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From breast + pin.

noun breastpins

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

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"breastpin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/breastpin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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breastpin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/breastpin

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"breastpin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/breastpin.

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@misc{breastpin_2026,
  title = {breastpin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/breastpin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}