stickpin

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Etymology

From stick +‎ pin.

Pronunciation

Noun

stickpin (plural stickpins)

  1. (US) An ornamented pin used to secure a necktie's end flat against the shirt, a tie tack.
    • 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post‎:
      His stickpin was gone and so was his watch-chain.
    • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 20:
      The green stone in his stickpin was not quite as large as an apple.

Synonyms

Translations

pin to hold necktie — see tie clip

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