Translation for "alfiler de cabeza" to english
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La ventana mostraba una cavidad iluminada en la que descansaba lo que parecía un alfiler de cabeza bulbosa.
Cradled in the cavity was what looked like a bulbous-headed pin.
Su pelo negro formaba una gran colmena redonda, atravesada por largos alfileres de cabeza negra, y parecía como si llevara un planeta erizado en la cabeza.
Her black hair was dressed in a great round beehive stuck through and through with long black-headed pins, so that it was as if she bore a prickly planet on her head.
Bajo la brillante lámpara que pendía sobre la mesa, y clavada a la madera con alfileres de cabeza de cristal, había una plancha de cobre, en la que había estado trabajando el grabador, pues tenía la herramienta en la mano cuando abrió la puerta.
Under the brilliant overhead light which hung above the table, and clamped to the wood by glass-headed pins, was an oblong copper plate, on which the engraver had been working—the engraving tool was in his hand as he opened the door.
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