clothespin
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈkloʊðspɪn/
- US
:
pinza de ropa
- She used a clothespin to attach the wet laundry to the line outside.
Examples
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Regular clothespins can be used for a variety of matching tasks as well.
Academic text (2013) -
Paul carried the print downstairs, washed it, fixed it, and hung it up with clothespins.
Fiction book (1993) -
Put a clothespin on it till the end of class.
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I took the clothespins off the clothes and let them fall to the ground.
Fiction book (1993) -
Colored clothespins can also be matched to color words written on index cards.
Academic text (2013) -
A piece of elastic, clothespins, and tape were included in the trunk for hanging a display.
Academic text (1999) -
The kitchen table was covered with ornaments: Baby Jesuses in walnut shells, clothespin soldiers, wax paper stars.
Fiction book (2002) -
Boggs had already washed the leg wraps and hung them with the clothespins he kept clipped to his pant leg.
Fiction book (1995) -
He grabbed a clothespin to secure the curtains in place on the line.
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The child enjoyed hanging pictures with clothespins on a string in her room.
Synonyms
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1.1
A small wooden or plastic clip that holds wet clothes on a line while they dry
A small clip made of wood or plastic that holds clothes on a line while they dry
Compounds
- Informal
A simple vote where people place clothespins on choices to show what they want
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clothespin comes from the two simple words cloth ('fabric') and pin ('small thing used to hold things'). It is literally a 'pin for cloth', which is why a clothespin holds your clothes on a line while they dry, and in British English people often call it a 'peg'.