Usage of "safety pin"

A pin having a closing mechanism including a spring and a guard to cover the sharp end.

Usage of safety pin in English

He pulled the safety pin out and pressed the handle firmly down. 
 Slow decay 

Danger-field holding his female mackintosh closed with a baby's big safety pin. 
 The ginger man 

I'll put a safety pin in, sir; and then to-night shift the buttons. 
 If Winter Comes 

If so, you know the value of a giant safety pin. 
 Camping For Boys 

One deadly weapon he had with him and that was a safety pin. 
 Pee-wee Harris on the Trail 

A hole in the closely drawn curtains was fastened together by a safety pin. 
 The Devil's Paw 

Be sure to have a gold safety pin in your flannel collar before eating. 
 Skiddoo! 

Whoever got to me hadn't even left the safety pin. 
 Billy Baxter's Letters 

He himself, of course, hadn't done the careful work with the safety pin: Charlotte had. 
 Before you know kindness 

The beetle was attached to the woman's clothing by a gold chain and safety pin. 
 The Irish Times 

Maybe I should be wearing a kilt with a fucking gold safety pin, I say. 
 Lit: a memoir 

Uneasy, I dug a hand lens, matches, and a safety pin from my desk drawer. 
 Bones of the Lost 

She's got a safety pin stuck through her eyebrow. 
 Freaks and revelations 

Suppose she had a safety pin in her cheek? 
 The lake 

The safety pin had left too large a loop-hole. 
 Rosemary 

A safety pin pierced one ear, while a rusty razor blade dangled from the other. 
 Sharper than a serpent's tooth 

Meanings of safety pin in English