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clotheshorse

[ klohz-hawrs, klohthz- ]
/ ˈkloʊzˌhɔrs, ˈkloʊðz- /
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noun
Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.
a frame on which to hang wet laundry for drying.
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Origin of clotheshorse

First recorded in 1765–75; clothes + horse
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British Dictionary definitions for clotheshorse

clotheshorse
/ (ˈkləʊðzˌhɔːs) /

noun
a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
informal a dandy
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