hatpin
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8.3
- noun
- /ˈhætpɪn/
- Archaic
:
alfiler de sombrero
- She secured her hat with a decorative hatpin to keep it in place on a windy day.
Examples
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Next to the TWA counter, there was a very thin woman, about sixty or sixty-five years old, wearing glasses with metallic frames and an ugly hat filled with hatpins that were sticking out to the utmost degree.
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, I guess I'd better get some hatpins.
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Just wait till I get my hat... ...and my hatpin.
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"There!" My mother stabs her hatpin through the straw.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Standing in the bright sun, she puts on a pair of dark sunglasses and places a white straw picture hat on the back of her head, fixing it with a pearl hatpin.
Fiction book (1990) -
The vintage hatpin she wore was a beautiful piece that added elegance to her outfit.
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He admired the intricate design of the hatpin as it held her hat firmly in place.
Synonyms
15
1.6
A small metal or plastic pin with two thin parts that holds hair in place
11
2.2
A small metal clip that holds hair in place
1
9.9
A long thin pin used to hold hair up
A small metal clip that holds hair in place
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Morphology
Etymology
Hatpin is simply hat + pin, meaning a pin 'to fasten' a hat. In the 1800s many women used long, strong pins to hold a hat in their hair, so a hatpin is a long, sturdy pin that keeps a hat in place.