clotheshorse
1
8.6
- noun
- /ˈkloʊðzˌhɔrs/
- Informal
:
fashionista
- You're making me look like a bally clotheshorse.
Examples
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Laura will be a clotheshorse, Iris thought fondly as she tied the blue silk sash and marveled that her children could be all that different from one another.
Fiction book (1990) -
A clotheshorse and a ladies' man, always with a new woman more chic than the last.
Fiction book (1998) -
I'd never been a clotheshorse, but I was learning fast.
Fiction book (2000) -
Yeah, I'm kind of a clotheshorse.
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She was something of a clotheshorse, actually.
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Look who's talking, Mr. Clotheshorse.
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"Sienna is usually so petite and a wonderful fashion clotheshorse, and the fact she is transformed means it has all the more impact."
Blog text (5) -
Fredrick Sykes... 45, ex-cop, and quite a clotheshorse.
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The anger of years rises in her throat and finds its target in this man who she knows considers her an overly assimilated clotheshorse, holds her in contempt as a poor excuse for a wife and mother.
Fiction book (1997) -
He is a well-known clotheshorse, always dressed in the latest fashion.
Synonyms
112
7.5
A man who cares a lot about how he looks and dresses
22
8.2
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and appearance
11
3.9
A person who pays attention to what they wear
5
9.9
A man who cares too much about his clothes and how he looks
4
9.9
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and style
1
9.3
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and how he looks
1
8.1
A man who cares greatly about his clothes and appearance
1
6.5
A person who cares a lot about clothes and follows the latest styles
1
7.2
A person who always follows the newest clothes styles, even when it costs money or comfort
A person who likes fashionable clothes and enjoys dressing well
Antonyms
How Fashionable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clotheshorse also became an informal word. A helpful way to remember this is to think of a person who 'shows' clothes like the frame shows them, so a clotheshorse is someone who spends a lot of time on their clothes and appearance.