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Meanings of pushpin in English

Catalan
xinxeta
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A tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board.

xinxeta
Usage of pushpin in English
1
He drew his finger to the south to the pushpin at Tripoli.
Sign of the cross
2
A handy map view marks each station's locale with a pushpin.
Wired
3
He held the fourth pushpin in his hand, not sure where to put it.
Sign of the cross
4
He placed his finger on the red pushpin at Helsingør.
Sign of the cross
5
Plucking the pushpin, he quickly read the note:
The last page
6
The bombardier's crazy coloration scares away most predators, save for the vicious Australian wild blurry pushpin.
Wired
7
If so, Layar will represent it as a brown pushpin, complete with the distance to your objective.
Wired
8
I looked over the double row of tarps then back at the map, my eyes lingering on a lemon-yellow pushpin.
Too close to home
9
Castle looks like he's a balloon that fell in love with a pushpin that got too close and ruined him forever.
Unravel Me
10
I could visualize them going to the map in Hammonds' office, tracing their fingers from the yellow pushpin that was my river shack.
The blue edge of midnight
11
He placed his ruler below the pushpin and ran the pencil from left to right, 5° below the 45° N line, near 40°.
Sign of the cross
12
Inside the cupboard I find what I'm looking for: a box of pushpins.
Overtime: a tor.com original
13
There were plastic pushpins jammed into the map board in a variety of places.
The blue edge of midnight
14
There were pushpins of various colors stuck in the map.
The Lost World
15
The board was empty except for a few pushpins with nothing to hold up.
The soul catcher
16
I removed the pushpins and took down the picture.
Pressure
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Catalan
xinxeta
Pushpin through the time