clothes-peg
noun
a clothespin.
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clothes peg
clothes pegnouna small wooden or plastic clip for attaching washing to a clothesline
clothes-peg
American
[klohz-peg, klohthz-]
/ ˈkloʊzˌpɛg, ˈkloʊðz- /
noun
British.
clothes peg
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of clothes-peg
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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He was a great fat, black-and-white brute, with a head like a hat-box, a tail like a clothes-peg, and a back as broad as a well-fed sheep's.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
A hale old Roman once gave him a little exhibition of his skill in fence, taking a clothes-peg for his mark.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
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
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
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