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Drawing pin

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as 1812. It was said that the use of the newly invented drawing pin to attach notices to school house doors was making significant contribution to the whittling away of their gothic doors. Modern drawing pins were also found as standard in architects' drawing boxes in the late 18th century.
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Domed or gripped heads are sometimes preferred over flat heads as dropped flat-headed pins may easily point upward, posing a hazard. Drawing pins also pose a hazard of ingestion and choking, where they may do serious harm.
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The drawing pin was invented in name and first mass-produced in what is now the United States in the mid/late 1750s; the earliest use of the term, Drawing Pin, is listed in the
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Edwin Moore patented the "push-pin" in the US in 1900 and founded the Moore Push-Pin Company. Moore described them as a pin with a handle. In 1903, in the
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with a flat, broad head that can be pressed into place with pressure from the thumb, often used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.
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may be referred to as brass tacks, brass pins, tin tacks or iron tacks, respectively. These terms are particularly used in the
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and coloured pins to create a visual reference of the location and status of Disaster Recovery Centers
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A drawing pin has two basic components: the head, often made of
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Drawing pin or thumb tack, made out of 14 carat gold.
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Index

Thumbtack
Push pin (disambiguation)
Thumbtack (website)


British English
North American English
pin
nail
brass
tin
iron
idiomatic
Oxford English Dictionary

German
Lychen

plastic
metal
wood
steel
brass
hearts
stars

FEMA
Tennessee
"tack, n. 1.a."
Oxford English Dictionary

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