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countable and uncountable, plural pushpins
(countable) A small pin with a head made for gripping with the fingers, to be pushed into a bulletin board so as to pin papers to it; especially, such a pin with a cylindrical head. quotations examples
My invention relates to improvements in what are termed “push-pins,” said pins being adapted to support one article upon another and being particularly employed for holding photographic films stretched upon a surface, such as a board, for drying and the like.]
, US Patent 654319
An illustration showed a pair of scissors slicing off the leg of a doll […] stuck with pushpins.
2009 January 28, “Mexicans turning to black magic in hopes of defeating U.S.”, in Toronto Star
(archaic, uncountable) An old children's game where pins are placed on a table and each player tries to push his pin so as to cross the other's.
third-person singular simple present pushpins, present participle pushpinning, simple past and past participle pushpinned
(transitive) To fasten with a thumbtack. examples