Black came to his feet as if he'd been stabbed with a hat pin.

"That hat pin, you think, points to the crime having been committed by a woman?"

The hat pin was used to make it seem a woman's crime.

One stab with the deadly hat pin as they walk along.

I almost lost my balance several times, carrying that hat pin.

Maggie almost stuck herself with her hat pin as she jumped.

In her right hand she held two long hat pins, as if ready to fight to the death for the stars' choice for president.

At last I put them close together on the bed, shut my eyes, and jabbed with a hat pin.

He drew back as though someone from the living room had jabbed him with a hat pin.

Indeed, on December 28, only three weeks before the deposition, they had discussed the hat pin.