clothes-peg

[ klohz-peg, klohthz- ]

/ ˈkloʊzˌpɛg, ˈkloʊðz- /

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noun British.

a clothespin.

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Origin of clothes-peg

First recorded in 1815–25

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How to use clothes-peg in a sentence

There was a plaster Joan of Arc in the hall, close to the clothes-peg.
Vanitas|Vernon Lee
At night he tore the cord off the blind, and, seeing nothing through his tears, began to fasten it to the hook of the clothes-peg.
The Gentleman from San Francisco|Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin
One little Piskey, somewhat taller than a clothes-peg, was the best dancer there, and his laugh was the merriest.
North Cornwall Fairies and Legends|Enys Tregarthen
I went to bed that night with a clothes-peg out of the yard on it, to improve its shape.
The Celebrity at Home|Violet Hunt

The mere notion of the passage and the clothes-peg and the umbrella-stand annihilated him.
Notwithstanding|Mary Cholmondeley

British Dictionary definitions for clothes-peg

clothes peg

noun

a small wooden or plastic clip for attaching washing to a clothesline

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