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Definition of "scarf-pin" []

  • An ornamental pin worn in a scarf or necktie. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "scarf-pin" in a sentence
  • "His well-brushed top hat glittered, his varnished boots glittered, and his rings and scarf-pin glittered; in fact, so resplendent was his appearance that he looked like an animated diamond coming along in the blazing sunshine."
  • "He may not answer your kind enquiries, but look you up and down from the welt of your boot to your scarf-pin."
  • "The man, whose incinerated body still lay curled in its bed of cinders, had been dressed at the moment of disaster; even to the watch, the cuff-buttons, the studs, the very scarf-pin."