clothespin
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In conferences to decide cases, they’d sometimes pass around whimsical props like a clothespin to signal members to “hold their noses” and vote unanimously to project institutional solidarity.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
Keaton stuck a clothespin on the tip of her nose to make it smaller, and acted the part of an extrovert: big laugh, big hair and, when she stopped liking her hair, big hats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
Use a spring clothespin to secure the herb bundles to wires or other support.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Claes Oldenburg had transformed everyday objects — a clothespin, a shoe, a hamburger — into monumental commentaries on the society that manufactures them.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
She put on one of the gloves hung by a clothespin over the sink.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The deceptively simple work is part sculpture, part assemblage, part collage and features a vintage wooden ironing board set beside a white sheet hung on a line with six wooden clothespins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Instead of toy soldiers, he made do with old clothespins to create battle scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
When she got home, Jackson would take any bills she received as change, wash them in the sink and hang them from clothespins to dry.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
Hooks, magnets, clothespins and pegs are the organizing principle of this approach to efficient garden storage.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
After that my mother takes the clothes outside and hangs them onto the clothesline with wooden clothespins.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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