stick pin


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stick pin

n (Am) → fermacravatta m inv
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He wore his tie drawn through a topaz ring instead of fastened with a stick pin; and once he had written to the editor of a magazine that "Junie's Love Test" by Miss Libbey, had been the book that had most influenced his life.
"Well, I hope he won't stick pins into you, Duchess," laughed Dorian.
Why, I remember the time when old Maunders as had three-and-twenty wans--I remember the time when old Maunders had in his cottage in Spa Fields in the winter time, when the season was over, eight male and female dwarfs setting down to dinner every day, who was waited on by eight old giants in green coats, red smalls, blue cotton stockings, and high-lows: and there was one dwarf as had grown elderly and wicious who whenever his giant wasn't quick enough to please him, used to stick pins in his legs, not being able to reach up any higher.
I have seen them (ladies, I am sorry to say, as well as gentlemen) go out, day after day, for example, with empty pill-boxes, and catch newts, and beetles, and spiders, and frogs, and come home and stick pins through the miserable wretches, or cut them up, without a pang of remorse, into little pieces.
Stick pin: This is the most common type of lapel pin used in men's fashion.
Any stick pin or place on the map (left) can be hyperlinked directly to an archived appraisal PDF, photo, URL or any executable file.
Yet few know that Keller was no one dimensional stick pin of inspiration.
With his easy smile, soft Carolinian accent, and big diamond stick pin confidently set in the middle of his tie, Godfrey is one serene lobbyist.
Clicking on the stick pin shows all the data listed in the spreadsheet.
By clicking on the stick pin, the information listed in your spreadsheet about that location is displayed on the map.
Look out for a variety of styles and materials used including diamond set examples, many with precious stones and pearls, the most desirable stick pin being an enamel decorated pin by W Essex of a hound expected to realise pounds 80.