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It was attached to a stickpin, a type of jewelry that’s usually worn on a necktie or a lapel; stampeders often made such pieces with their first gold discoveries.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Soon, it's joined by other items—a stickpin, a lock, a AA battery, a thumbtack—as Hunter undertakes a daring and increasingly dangerous mission of self-reconstitution.
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Isaac Feldberg,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2020
As a further token of their host’s esteem, each male guest also received a gold watch and a diamond stickpin.
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Daniel Stashower,
Washington Post,
9 Aug. 2019
Men’s prizes included gold stickpins and a box of cigars, and for the winner of the men’s swimming race, Hoyle Pounds, a bathing suit.
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Joy Wallace Dickinson,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
1 July 2018
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Soon, it's joined by other items—a stickpin, a lock, a AA battery, a thumbtack—as Hunter undertakes a daring and increasingly dangerous mission of self-reconstitution.
—
Isaac Feldberg,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2020
As a further token of their host’s esteem, each male guest also received a gold watch and a diamond stickpin.
—
Daniel Stashower,
Washington Post,
9 Aug. 2019
Men’s prizes included gold stickpins and a box of cigars, and for the winner of the men’s swimming race, Hoyle Pounds, a bathing suit.
—
Joy Wallace Dickinson,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
1 July 2018
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“Stickpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickpin. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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stickpin
noun
stick·pin
ˈstik-ˌpin 
: an ornamental pin worn in a necktie
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