brooch
Speech parts
1. brooch - Noun
2. brooch - Verb
Meaning
An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.
A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
To adorn as with a brooch.
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Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.
How to keep-is there any any, is there none such, nowhere known some, bow or brooch or braid or brace, lace, latch or catch or key to keep Back beauty, keep it, beauty, beauty, beauty, ... from vanishing away?
If I'm a beggar born," she said "I will speak out, for I dare not lie, Pull off, pull off the brooch of gold, And fling the diamond necklace by.""Nay now, my child," said Alice the nurse, "But keep the secret all you can." She said, "Not so; but I will know If there be any faith in man.
No, no,' said Hildy, 'I dig up ancient things buried in the earth. Things that belonged to people who lived hundreds of years ago. As she said this, she began to feel uncomfortable. She had forgotten about the brooch.'Do you really?' said the King. 'We used to call that grave-robbing.
A brooch and letter from Gladys, unused cigarettes and a French language guide for the Expeditionary force were also found inside along with fragments of the shell that inflicted his fatal wounds.
All items of the Hiddensee treasure, including a brooch (fibula), a neck ring and 14 pendants are of pure gold and weigh approximately 600 grams altogether.