Definition of "knitting-pin" [knitting-pin]

• A small bar or rod used for knitting, having a button at one end. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Nurse was indulgent enough to waste a few of her valuable minutes in making a scarlet flag and mounting it on a wooden knitting-pin, whilst Dick and Amy busily ornamented its base with fan shells."
• "Just in front of her there was, curled round, a sleek black cat, and she stopped in her work now and then to scratch its head gently with her knitting-pin."
• "She stopped her knitting for a moment, put her knitting-pin to her lips, and answered very slowly and solemnly "Ye-es.""