brooch
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- noun
- /broʊtʃ/
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broche
- The sapphire brooch amid the lace had been given to his great-grandmother by Queen Victoria.
And her ability to give me this brooch was a sign of her growth and change.
- And her ability to give me this brooch was a sign of her growth and change.
- And she, you know, she had brooches and she had jewelry of other sorts and things made for her to kind of commemorate that.
- So you could perfectly add a brooch or safety pin or whatever to a top that you already own, you know, to create that sort of drapery.
- So they're like, well, we have this like really cool brooch broach.
Examples
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And in her casket, she had worn the same brooch that she'd worn almost every day of her life.
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That's a lovely brooch you're wearing, miss.
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And her ability to give me this brooch was a sign of her growth and change.
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It's a brooch for a woman.
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I wear it as a brooch.
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My mother wore a brooch with tiny pieces of precious glass.
Fiction book (2001) -
I must say, Marguerite, that brooch is... stunning.
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The pin snapped open and the brooch fell, bouncing off a rock and into the creek.
Fiction book (1997) -
A gold brooch is pinned to the scalloped collar of his white blouse.
Fiction book (2000) -
That's a lovely brooch you're wearing, miss.
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Etymology
The word brooch comes from an old French word broche meaning 'skewer' or 'pointed stick' used to hold things together. So a brooch is a decorative pin that fastens or decorates clothing.