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At the 2024 ceremony, the Disney alum stepped onto the red carpet wearing a barely there gold metal mesh dress with safety pin accents, matching metal panties and Christian Louboutin for Maison Margiela gold heels.
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Hedy Phillips, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
It’s filled with aspirin, bandages, ointments, safety pins, tweezers, needle and thread, rubbing alcohol, a scalpel and penicillin.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Not only did the singer take home her first Grammy Award, Cyrus wore a revealing Maison Margiela dress that required over 14,000 safety pins to create.
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Janelle Ash, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
The jacket featured an oversize safety pin as a central button, a hallmark of punk frequently favored by the stra, blending utility with edge.
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Julia Teti, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
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“Safety pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/safety%20pin. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
safety pin
noun
: a pin in the form of a clasp with a guard covering its point
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