clothes-peg
noun
a clothespin.
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clothes pegnouna small wooden or plastic clip for attaching washing to a clothesline
clothes-peg
American
[klohz-peg, klohthz-]
/ ˈkloʊzˌpɛg, ˈkloʊðz- /
noun
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clothes peg
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of clothes-peg
First recorded in 1815–25
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You are to him simply a clothes-peg and your merit is in exact ratio to the clothes you carry.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
Dear Diana after hounds a riding Like—a clothes-peg on a clothes-line?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 by Various
The mere notion of the passage and the clothes-peg and the umbrella-stand annihilated him.
From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary
Out he flew, and perched on a clothes-peg in my bulkhead, and said— “Troubled wi’ you.
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon
Ellen herself opened the door to him, her skirts pinned up around her, and a clothes-peg in her mouth.
From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
One of the men asks the other for a clothes peg.
From Nature ● Jan. 11, 2016
On such occasions, one has the distinct sense of a festival simultaneously basking in the limelight while wearing a clothes peg on its nose.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2013
When police searched Cartwright's house, which he shares with his parents, they found a firework containing a light bulb, an electrified clothes peg and a tub of aluminium powder.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2010
Marius Braun hands me a device that consists of a pair of metal prongs that are spring-loaded and look rather like a large clothes peg.
From Newsweek
"I have been called a clothes peg," he said, "but I have had to submit to it because this is settled by authority, and not by my choice or liking."
From Time Magazine Archive
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