push-pin
push-pin is the alternative form of pushpin.
Meaning of pushpin
Noun
pushpin (countable and uncountable, plural pushpins)
- A small pin with a head made for gripping with the fingers, to be pushed into a bulletin board so as to pin papers to it; especially, such a pin with a cylindrical head.
- My invention relates to improvements in what are termed “push-pins,” said pins being adapted to support one article upon another and being particularly employed for holding photographic films stretched upon a surface, such as a board, for drying and the like.[1900 July 24, Edwin Moore, Push-Pin, US Patent 654319
- An old children's game where pins are placed on a table and each player tries to push his pin so as to cross the other's.
Forms of push-pin
| plural | push-pins |
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Questions about push-pin
- What is push-pin the alternative form of?
- Push-pin is the alternative form of pushpin.
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