Double Pointers and Flaws

English translation: pins with two points, and other imperfections

04:17 Sep 22, 2018

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English term or phrase: Double Pointers and Flaws

Some of the customers browsing the book racks (Mis-draws, *Double Pointers and Flaws*, Pins of Uberwald and Genua, First Steps in Pins, Adventures in Acuphilia . . .) and staring covetously at the rack of pins laid out under glass had an intensity of expression that frightened him.
--quoted from Going Postal (2004, fantasy fiction) by Terry Pratchett (link: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&ei=xr6lW8eFKKrSrgTu0Yv...

These names in the brackets should be titles of books or magazines for pin collectors/fans. What does "Double Pointers and Flaws" mean, and how is it connected with pins?
Thank you!

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Selected answer:pins with two points, and other imperfections

Explanation:
I think the idea may be like postage stamps, where imperfect examples can be very valuable.

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Presumably meaning a point at each end.

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philgoddard
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Thank you, philgoddard! Actually, later the fad of pin collection did replaced by stamp collection in this story.
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double pointers and flaws

pins with two points, and other imperfections

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Thank you, philgoddard! Actually, later the fad of pin collection did replaced by stamp collection in this story.

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