safety pin

pointed fastener with a locking mechanism, often used to secure clothing and cloth diapers
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safety pin

Summary

safety pin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • safety pin is credited with the discovery of Walter Hunt[2].
  • safety pin is the creator of Walter Hunt[3].
  • safety pin's image is recorded as Safety Pin.jpg[4].
  • safety pin's image is recorded as Sicherheitsnadeln.jpg[5].
  • safety pin's image is recorded as Display set of six safety pins, England, 1910-1937 Wellcome L0057713.jpg[6].
  • safety pin's subclass of is recorded as sewing pin[7].
  • safety pin's Commons category is recorded as Safety pins[8].
  • safety pin's Unicode character is recorded as 🧷[9].
  • safety pin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x1pk[10].
  • safety pin's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300239269[11].
  • safety pin's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1583613[12].
  • safety pin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/safety-pin[13].
  • safety pin's Museum of Modern Art work ID is recorded as 90118[14].
  • safety pin's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04127249-n[15].
  • safety pin's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/104070997-n[16].
  • safety pin's icon is recorded as Twemoji12 1f9f7.svg[17].
  • safety pin's Quora topic ID is recorded as Safety-Pin[18].
  • safety pin's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as safety-pins[19].
  • safety pin's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 6842[20].
  • safety pin's KBpedia ID is recorded as SafetyPin[21].
  • safety pin's TOPCMB ID is recorded as alfinete de fralda[22].
  • safety pin's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 04134350-n[23].
  • safety pin's Google Product Taxonomy ID is recorded as 6101[24].
  • safety pin's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 43678[25].

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Works and Contributions

safety pin is credited with the discovery of Walter Hunt[2]. It is the creator of Walter Hunt[3].

Why It Matters

safety pin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). safety pin. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/safety-pin
MLA “safety pin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/safety-pin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_safety-pin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{safety pin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/safety-pin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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