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▪ I. ˈsafety-pin, n.
1. A pin for fastening clothing, bent back on itself so as to form a spring, and with a guard or sheath to cover the point and prevent its accidental unfastening. In Archæol., a fibula or brooch made on the same principle.
1857Prov. Patent Specif. No. 134 Imp'ts in safety pins. 1880Dawkins Early Man 388 The peculiar brooch made of twisted wire, of the ‘safety pin’ kind, so abundant in the Etruskan tombs of Bologna. 1882A. J. Evans in Archæologia XLVIII. 100 As an example of a Roman safety-pin this fibula, so far as I am aware, is altogether unique.
2. A pin used for fastening, locking, or securing some part of a machine.
1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 387 Some say that the Russians had neglected to take out the safety-pins, thus leaving the torpedoes as it were on half-cock. 1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 143 The object of the safety-pin is to prevent the wheel being unlocked except when the impulse pin is in the notch of the lever. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Safety Pin, a temporary pin in a percussion fuse, to prevent the plunger from striking accidentally against the percussion powder. 1896Westm. Gaz. 9 June 4/4 Lifting the cotter, or safety pin, which locked the bolt.
▪ II. ˈsafety-pin, v.
[f. the n.]
trans. a. To pin on or attach with a safety-pin; also fig. b. To attach a safety-pin or safety-pins to; to put a safety-pin into.
1919‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 30 Oct. (1928) I. 270 Her ears which are neatly buttonholed on to the sides of her head and not just safety-pinned on as most babies' are. 1960P. A. Bennett in J. Pudney Pick of Today's Short Stories XI. 12 The buttons on my coat will have to be sewn on..so she safety-pinned them on. 1971Country Life 6 May 1087/1 Fortunately, I had sent the engineer over the side to safety-pin the bombs beforehand. 1975Listener 6 Feb. 176/1 Delysia dressed me in her clothes, safety-pinned me all down the back. |