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nosepin

nosepin noun: any of various decorative ornaments that are worn at the end of the nose.

nosepin: any of various decorative ornaments that are worn at the end of the nose
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Noun

nosepin (plural nosepins)

  1. Any of various decorative ornaments that are worn at the end of the nose.
    • The nosepin was worn by both sexes, the septum of the nose being pierced shortly after birth, at least as far as the girls were concerned; but probably the same applied to the boys.1953, Nationalmuseets skrifter: Etnografisk række - Issue 6, page 69
    • In all my life, I have never worn a gold earring or nosepin.1992, Kalima Rose, Where Women Are Leaders: The SEWA Movement in India, →ISBN, page 58
  2. A removable pin that attaches to the nose or tip of a device.
    • The satellite, which is the payload, is fastened to the nosepin of the third-stage rocket motor.1959, Welding Journal - Volume 38, Part 2, page 1094
    • Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the...1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4

nosepin meaning in Punjabi

nosepin in Punjabi

nosepin
ਲੌਂਗ lauṅg, لونگ lauṉg

Examples of nosepin in a sentence

  • And I can see you, my elfin beloved, the stars are like your nosepin.1996, Ravi Shankar -, The Scream of the Dragonflies: And Other Stories, page 218:
  • While they were trying to get their bearings, a party of naked savages with nosepins and sharppointed spears emerged from the belt of mangroves and gazed at them hungrily.2013, Bengt Danielsson, From Raft to Raft: An Incredible Voyage from Tahiti to Chile and Back, →ISBN:
  • We got a bearing indicated on the northern nosepin of the aircraft.1981, Gayle Rivers, James Hudson, The Teheran contract, page 203:

Forms of nosepin

pluralnosepins

Origin of nosepin

From nose + pin.

Questions about nosepin

What does nosepin mean?
Nosepin means any of various decorative ornaments that are worn at the end of the nose.
What is nosepin in Punjabi?
Nosepin in Punjabi is ਲੌਂਗ (lauṅg), لونگ (lauṉg). See Nosepin meaning in Punjabi.
How do you use nosepin in a sentence?
And I can see you, my elfin beloved, the stars are like your nosepin.
What part of speech is nosepin?
Nosepin is a noun.
What is the plural of nosepin?
The plural of nosepin is nosepins.

Words near nosepin in the dictionary

  1. nosepickers
  2. nosepiece
  3. nosepieces
  4. nosepiercing
  5. nosepiercings
  6. nosepin
  7. nosepins
  8. noseplug
  9. noseplugs
  10. nosepoke
  11. nosepoked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nosepin (page history and authors); لونگ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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