brooch

Definitions


[brəʊtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an ornament fastened to clothing with a hinged pin and catch
(e.g: the diamond brooch stood out beautifully against her coat)


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Origin:
Middle English: variant of broach, a noun originally meaning ‘skewer, bodkin’, from Old French broche ‘spit for roasting’, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’. Compare with broach




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