Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A decorative pin worn on a necktie.
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- noun US An
ornamented pin used to secure anecktie 's end flat against the shirt, atie tack .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie
Etymologies
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Examples
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In 1926, now in her 60s and egged on by her friends, this alter ego ventured out into high society as Spanish gentleman Don Carlos Balmori, complete with "overcoat, slouch felt hat, a false-diamond stickpin and a false black mustache."
Did you know? Mexico City's charwoman-businessman: Conchita Jurado 2008
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The thick red-gold hair had been brushed to a smooth gleam that swept the collar of a fine lawn shirt with tucked front, belled sleeves, and lace-trimmed wrist frills that matched the cascade of the starched jabot at the throat, decorated with a ruby stickpin.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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He was attired in perfectly-tailored evening-dress, and the cut of the suit suggested that the large diamond stickpin in his cravat was the genuine article and not paste.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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In 1926, now in her 60s and egged on by her friends, this alter ego ventured out into high society as Spanish gentleman Don Carlos Balmori, complete with "overcoat, slouch felt hat, a false-diamond stickpin and a false black mustache."
Did you know? Mexico City's charwoman-businessman: Conchita Jurado 2008
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A friend of mine had a lovely diamond stickpin that he wore in his tie, despite many warnings.
The Lightest-Fingered Crooks in the World « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2007
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And shortly after that, it was as though someone took a - a stickpin and - and then hit a balloon.
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When I poked it with my gold stickpin, shiny heart-shaped confetti cascaded around me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Happily Ever After Jack Canfield 2008
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When I poked it with my gold stickpin, shiny heart-shaped confetti cascaded around me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Happily Ever After Jack Canfield 2008
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Much as Smith wore an earthy rumpled sports jacket to contrast himself with starched lawyers, she came in conservative garb: a single strand of pearls and a little stickpin on a charcoal-gray suit.
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Clad in tailcoat, weskit and tophat, with ascot and stickpin, every bit the Victorian gentleman, I would greet customers into the store.
This Year's Best Christmas Story Walter Jon Williams 2007
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