clothespin

clothespin
noun Date: 1833 a forked piece of wood or plastic or a small spring clamp used for fastening clothes on a clothesline

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  • Clothespin — Clothes pin (? or ?), n. A forked piece of wood or plastic, or a small device with a spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clothespin — (n.) also clothes pin, by 1835, Amer.Eng., from CLOTHES (Cf. clothes) + PIN (Cf. pin) …   Etymology dictionary

  • clothespin — ☆ clothespin [klōthz′pin΄, klōz′pin΄ ] n. a small clip, as a forked peg of wood or plastic, for fastening clothes on a line …   English World dictionary

  • Clothespin — Wooden clothespin A clothespin (also clothes peg, or just peg) is a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line. Clothespins often come in many different designs. Contents 1 …   Wikipedia

  • clothespin — UK [ˈkləʊðzˌpɪn] / US [ˈkloʊðzˌpɪn] noun [countable] Word forms clothespin : singular clothespin plural clothespins American a clothes peg …   English dictionary

  • clothespin — [[t]klo͟ʊðzpɪn[/t]] clothespins N COUNT A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg. [AM] …   English dictionary

  • Clothespin (Oldenburg) — Clothespin Artist Claes Oldenberg Year 1976 Type Weathering Steel Dimensions 1,400 cm × 370 cm × 140 cm (540 in × 147 in × 54 in) Location …   Wikipedia

  • clothespin graft — noun : a piece of bone shaped like a clothespin and used as a bone graft in spine fusion operations to bridge several vertebrae …   Useful english dictionary

  • clothespin — /klohz pin , klohdhz , klohs /, n. a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline. [1840 50, Amer.; CLOTHES + PIN] * * * …   Universalium

  • clothespin — noun A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying. Syn: clothes peg …   Wiktionary

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