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A brooch with a job: pin the fabric, flash the status, repeat since antiquity.
means An ornamental pin or brooch worn fastened to clothing at the chest.
from A straightforward compound of "breast" (the chest) and "pin" (a fastening device), naming the ornament simply by where it sits and what it does — no hidden backstory, just English doing its plain, literal thing, as it does with words like "hairpin" and "necktie."
- original purpose
- Fastened cloaks before buttons existed
- status symbol
- Gemstone versions signaled wealth, not warmth
- modern cousin
- Basically a brooch with better PR