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

Words nearby clothes-peg

clothes, clothesbasket, clotheshorse, clothesline, clothes moth, clothes-peg, clothespin, clothes pole, clothespress, clothes prop, clothes tree

How to use clothes-peg in a sentence

Growing up as a teen in the 1960s, she had yearned to wear the same clothes her girlfriends wore.
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Her daughter, Elaina, 24, a trained costume designer and makeup artist, helps out by sewing clothes.
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BEIRUT—It is December, but Sabrine Omar is still wearing her summer clothes.
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They dye their hair and alter their clothes, but not enough to attract attention from authorities.
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In St. Louis, I believe, for a change of clothes and to go to a nightclub.
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At this same time they seized in Nangasaqui a servant of the father provincial, Matheo Couros, who was washing his clothes.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
He reached up for her big, rough straw hat that hung on a peg outside the door, and put it on her head.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Not a dollar did he possess—not even did he have a suit of clothes any more, and wore every day his corduroys.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
For six days Mamma wept at intervals, and showed the woman in black all Punch's clothes—a liberty which Punch resented.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Little boys when decking themselves out with tall hat and monstrously big clothes seem to be trying to put on an alarming aspect.
Children's Ways|James Sully

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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