pincushion

The cloth version was introduced and a pincushion bracelet was brought in.

It is well to carry in your pocket a small pincushion, and, having unfolded your napkin, to pin it at the belt.

Upstairs she took the library key from the place where she always hid it under her pincushion—who said she wasn't careful?

The pincushion is not in the way and is readily worn so that the pins are easier to reach than if pinned to the dress.

The examples from pincushion onwards occur only in distinctly careless speech.

Then going to her dressing table she drew the hatpin from the pincushion and carelessly slipped the rings on her fingers.