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pushpin

[poosh-pin]

noun

  1. a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.

  2. an early children's game.

  3. Archaic.child's play; triviality.



pushpin

/ ˈʊʃˌɪ /

noun

  1. a pin with a small ball-shaped head

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pushpin1

1580–90, for an earlier sense; push + pin
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If you can't get glasses, two pieces of paper and a pushpin might do the trick.

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Then using the pushpin thumbtack, poke holes up and down the bag.

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Instead of a headboard, a spreadsheet stretched behind her bed, pushpins tracking her best catches.

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There are also high-five stickers held up by the same pushpin as my baseball schedule.

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Add a dot of hot glue to the back to secure the map tack or pushpin to the skewer and cover the pointy tip.

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