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Later that evening, Gomez changed into a twill Prada minidress featuring a gold safety pin brooch and a leather logo patch on the skirt, layered over a black Wolford turtleneck and sheer tights.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 14 Oct. 2024
An actual car cover, sourced from a parking garage in Paris, was draped and folded into a bustier gown anchored by large, initialed safety pins and paired with vinyl gloves and a necklace piled with vintage keyrings from the fleas.
—Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024
This little kit drops in a backpack or purse and has bandages, scissors, safety pins, and lots more helpful travel tools.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Along one lapel of Obama’s blazer were intertwined safety pins, with a series of four running down the lapel in smaller sizes.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
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“Safety pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/safety%20pin. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
safety pin
noun
: a pin in the form of a clasp with a guard covering its point
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