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Synonyms for tiepin

a pin used to hold the tie in place

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With s/m accessories sublimated into haute-couture gloves, tiepins, and leash, Dog presents a kind of three-way master-servant ritual.
And that enduring symbol of Coventry, Lady Godiva, pops up among the shelves in any number of guises - tiepins and commemorative statues, paperweights and prints.
Rinino sold two ounces of gold from broken-up rings and tiepins in London's Hatton Garden for pounds 450.
To palace servants and court officials, she distributed brooches and tiepins bearing his image and her own monogram while busts of the deceased were sent to each of the royal residences.
Surprisingly, it was the well-known Regency dandy, Beau Brummell, who initiated the 19th century trend towards greater simplicity in men's dress, leaving only cufflinks, tiepins, signet rings and fobs as significant items of men's jewellery.
Tiepins were used for fastening neckties or cravats.
In 1947 my mother gave me a small cardboard box containing half a dozen brass curtain rings, half a dozen men's tiepins, some coloured strips of plastic and a card of plastic buttons...
Lady Sarah, one of three executors of Diana's will, said she thought he would have taken cufflinks, a framed photograph of her, enamelled boxes, tiepins and ties, but he declined.
A lot of Monty's wardrobe, which also includes cravats, tiepins, silk scarves and spats, is purchased from second-hand shops.
Ship models, tiepins and, no doubt, cuff links were rained on him during his campaign for the nuclear submarine fleet, and many of these little numbers came from General Dynamics.
While many outside America shuddered at the final sentence, wondering which direction the United States's missile arsenal was pointing, US citizens rushed to buy tiepins and car stickers of the Stars-and-Stripes, and to unfurl their beloved flag above the doors of their homes.
The most serious was in 1994 when Italian Renato Rinino climbed up scaffolding behind St James's Palace and took cufflinks, tiepins, gold buttons and a gold watch from Charles's apartment.