Associations to the word «Hatpin»

Wiktionary

HATPIN, noun. A long straight pin, often with a decorative head, used to secure a woman's hat to her hair.

Dictionary definition

HATPIN, noun. A long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne