Definition of "scarfpin" []

• A pin used to hold a scarf or tie in place. (noun)

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• "The pearl in his scarfpin was a splendid specimen; he roughly calculated that it represented an expenditure of at least a hundred dollars; and she had flung it at him as carelessly as though she were tossing cherries from a tree."
• "His scarfpin was a gold whip four inches long and set with a half-inch turqoise in the middle."
• "The turkey held his head upon one side, apparently in critical admiration of the darky's quaint old scarfpin which resembled a grain of corn mounted on a needle."