stickpin
English
Etymology
From stick + pin.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɪkpɪn/
Noun
stickpin (plural stickpins)
- (US) An ornamented pin used to secure a necktie's end flat against the shirt, a tie tack.
- 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post:
- His stickpin was gone and so was his watch-chain.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010 p. 20:
- The green stone in his stickpin was not quite as large as an apple.
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Synonyms
- tie pin
- tie tack
- tie tac
Translations
pin to hold necktie — see tie clip
Anagrams
- nitpicks