Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tie-pin
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A grateful Di rewarded him with expensive presents - including a diamond-studded tie-pin and a gold and silver alarm clock.
Usage examples of "tie-pin".
When the highest kick of fashion was a severity of style which banished from every Tulip’s wardrobe all the frilled evening shirts which had been the rage only six months before, not to mention such enormities as flowered waistcoats, brightly coloured coats, or any other jewelry than a ring and a tie-pin, he was wearing a tightly fitting coat of rich purple.
Alverstoke, three years his junior, had encountered him in his flamboyant salad days, and had been swift to discard every one of his colourful waistcoats, his flashing tie-pins, and his multitude of fobs and seals.