drawing-pin

Attached by a drawing-pin to the roof over the wash-hand stand, which — the room being an attic — sloped almost dangerously, dangled a Time – Table.

Love and Mr Lewisham Herbert George 2004

Yes, you could see the hole made by the drawing-pin.

Mortal Causes Rankin, Ian 1994

At length she threw down her pen in disgust, ripped the sheet of tracing paper off its drawing-pin anchors and crumpled it up.

The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980

She got a drawing-pin from her pencil-box and pinned the precious envelope to the very back of the drawer-space.

The Ship of Adventure Blyton, Enid 1950

Luckily she was a small thin woman, and as Gaspard has so eloquently expressed it on another occasion, _platte comme une punaise_ (flat as a drawing-pin).

Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington

These located accurately the position of small lighthouses which are usually about fifteen miles apart and from three to ten miles back of the front-line trenches; the letter marked on each drawing-pin designates the letter flashed in Morse code by that particular lighthouse.

Night Bombing with the Bedouins Robert Henry Reece

I take out the centre drawing-pin at the back and slide my hand under the bunting.

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939

The drawing-pin was still in position, and, watched by the two girls, Mrs. Bradley knelt down and scrutinised it.

St Peter's Finger Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1938

Near the drawing-pin, which marked the spot on which, according to Sister Bridget, the unconscious mouse had been found, the gas pipe connected to the geyser came up through a hole in the floor.

St Peter's Finger Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1938

He had broken the cork of a flask, and in the absence of another of correct size had manufactured a temporary stopper with a small cork to the top of which he had fixed the Chinese coin with a drawing-pin.

The Golden Scorpion Sax Rohmer 1921