Definition of safety pin
: a pin in the form of a clasp with a guard covering its point when fastened
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And my girlfriend made me this dope jacket for my birthday with safety pins on it and a skull in the back with some crazy eyes and cheetah print lining on the inside.
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Little does this Madelaine know that in 2 and a half hours @lilireinhart would be safety pinning the bottom half of her dress so her butt doesn't become exposed to the world.
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Chicago's Bad Sons play fast, melodic street rock that's as classic as a biker jacket bristling with safety pins.
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So if a safety pin through the nose and monarchy-bashing tunes played by non-musicians was the hip thing, there'd be nothing quite so controversial for the Menudo boys.
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But upon closer inspection, Asian references were used throughout: leather jackets with frog clasps and Mandarin collars, rhinestone Chinese takeout bags, face masks covered in safety pins.
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Robert Walker pulls up a practice mine after safely pinning it with a safety pin during a drill at Guantánamo on March 18, 1999.
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But Albertine’s celebration of the moment before the scene got big, when the line of safety pins in your pants was there to save them from ripping apart, mostly resists cliché.
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While Jake, with his safety pin earring and no-effs-to-give attitude, is unquestionably alluring to Tess, Sweetbitter itself doesn’t feel quite so enamored with him.
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First Known Use of safety pin
1847
SAFETY PIN Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of safety pin for English Language Learners
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: a metal pin that is used for attaching things and that has a point at one end and a cover at the other into which the pointed end fits
SAFETY PIN Defined for Kids
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Definition of safety pin for Students
: a pin that is bent back to form a spring and has a guard that covers the point
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