clothespin
(US, Canada) A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
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(US, Canada) A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl.
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(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
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- clothes peg71%
(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.
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A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
- diaper pin63%
(North America) A type of safety pin traditionally used to fasten a reusable cloth diaper.
- clothesline62%
(North America, informal) The act of knocking a person over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.