clothesline
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of clothesline
Example Sentences
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Hanging up my delicates is so much easier with the Going In Style Travel Laundry Clothesline; it’s the perfect alternative for people with no space for a drying rack.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2019
Janice Burkstead is one of the women who contributed a t-shirt to the Clothesline Project as part of an art therapy program at the YWCA.
From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2016
Tech visionary Tim O’Reilly calls the phenomenon I experienced in Eastern Europe the Clothesline Paradox, based on an argument for alternative energy dating from the 70’s.
From Forbes • Apr. 19, 2013
“Those seven or eight home game weekends are a majority of our business for the whole year,” said Caroline Gummo, the advertising manager at one store, the Family Clothesline.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2012
Clothesline code: Anna Strong hangs her laundry in a way that tells fellow spies the location of the cove where a Culper Ring messenger waits.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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