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safety pin
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safety pin [′sāf·tē ‚pin]
(ordnance)
A device designed to fit the mechanism of a fuse in order to prevent accidental arming or functioning of the fuse and to ensure transport safety; the device is removed just before employment of the fuse.
safety wire


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Y ffaith amdani oedd fy mod angen rhedeg i Paris a gweld Wal Berlin a rhoi safetypin drwy drwyn y Frenhines - mae na rhai sydd yn gorfod gwrthryfela.
Cyfle o'r diwedd i gyfuno plygain a phop by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
IN THE PICTURE: Actress Patsy Kensit's rosebud pout may be famous - but it does not seem to be quite as much in evidence in the photograph on the left, taken a few a few years ago, as it does in the more recent one GUESSING: Liz Hurley's fans may have noticed a change in their pin-up - as she gets too thin to fill that famous Versace safetypin number, let alone spill out of it, her lips seem bigger.
DEEPLY LIPPY; Catherine gets a budding pout by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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