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- noun Plural form of
pushpin .
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Examples
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Teach your child to stay away from your desk, and keep staplers and other sharp objects such as pushpins, pencils, paperclips, scissors, and letter openers well out of his reach.
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Teach your child to stay away from your desk, and keep staplers and other sharp objects such as pushpins, pencils, paperclips, scissors, and letter openers well out of his reach.
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This becomes really useful when you're trying to give family or friends directions; e-mailing them a map marked with graphic "pushpins" is a lot easier than printing out the instructions from Mapquest.
The Globe and Mail - Technology RSS feed Jack Kapica 2008
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On the wall above him, photos of children, no frames, dangle from pushpins.
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On the wall above him, photos of children, no frames, dangle from pushpins.
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My cats pull out pushpins, tear down my posters, and have seriously damaged my window blinds to the point where people can see in my room.
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Each portrait requires about 11,000 pushpins which Daigh applies by one at a time.
Artist Eric Daigh Creates Amazing Portraits with Pushpins | Impact Lab 2010
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Now large patches of the wall were bare, save for pushpins trapping small bits of paper.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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Artist Eric Daigh, 33 year old husband, father born in California and now residing in Northern Michigan, creates portraits by putting ordinary pushpins in posterboard.
Artist Eric Daigh Creates Amazing Portraits with Pushpins | Impact Lab 2010
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Daigh uses blue, red, white, yellow and black push pins (he sprays green pushpins black since there are no black pushpins) to create his masterpieces.
Artist Eric Daigh Creates Amazing Portraits with Pushpins | Impact Lab 2010
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