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Significados de safety pin en inglés

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

Uso de safety pin en inglés
1
He pulled the safety pin out and pressed the handle firmly down.
Slow decay
2
Danger-field holding his female mackintosh closed with a baby's big safety pin.
The ginger man
3
I'll put a safety pin in, sir; and then to-night shift the buttons.
If Winter Comes
4
If so, you know the value of a giant safety pin.
Camping For Boys
5
One deadly weapon he had with him and that was a safety pin.
Pee-wee Harris on the Trail
6
A hole in the closely drawn curtains was fastened together by a safety pin.
The Devil's Paw
7
Be sure to have a gold safety pin in your flannel collar before eating.
Skiddoo!
8
Whoever got to me hadn't even left the safety pin.
Billy Baxter's Letters
9
He himself, of course, hadn't done the careful work with the safety pin: Charlotte had.
Before you know kindness
10
The beetle was attached to the woman's clothing by a gold chain and safety pin.
The Irish Times
11
Maybe I should be wearing a kilt with a fucking gold safety pin, I say.
Lit: a memoir
12
Uneasy, I dug a hand lens, matches, and a safety pin from my desk drawer.
Bones of the Lost
13
She's got a safety pin stuck through her eyebrow.
Freaks and revelations
14
Suppose she had a safety pin in her cheek?
The lake
15
The safety pin had left too large a loop-hole.
Rosemary
16
A safety pin pierced one ear, while a rusty razor blade dangled from the other.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth