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bonnet skewer

bonnet skewer noun: a hatpin.

Noun

bonnet skewer (plural bonnet skewers)

  1. (humorous, informal) A hatpin.
    • What do you wear these huge dagger bonnet-skewers for? They're big enough to kill a man with.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 90
    • The damsel of today carries neither parasol nor bonnet skewer, but that, hasn't cut down the occupational hazards of mashing.1948 June 15, The Southwest Times, Pulaski, Va., page 14, column 1

Forms of bonnet skewer

pluralbonnet skewers

Questions about bonnet skewer

What does bonnet skewer mean?
Bonnet skewer means a hatpin.
What part of speech is bonnet skewer?
Bonnet skewer is a noun.
What is the plural of bonnet skewer?
The plural of bonnet skewer is bonnet skewers.

Words near bonnet skewer in the dictionary

  1. bonnet monkeys
  2. bonnet piece
  3. bonnet pieces
  4. bonnet ripper
  5. bonnet rippers
  6. bonnet skewer
  7. bonnet skewers
  8. bonnet snail
  9. bonnet snails
  10. Bonnet-Dechaume-Blanc syndrome
  11. bonneted

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