pushpin

pushpin
/poosh"pin'/, n.
1. a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.
2. an early children's game.
3. Archaic. child's play; triviality.
[1580-90, for an earlier sense; PUSH + PIN]

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