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
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Ellen herself opened the door to him, her skirts pinned up around her, and a clothes-peg in her mouth.
From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The mere notion of the passage and the clothes-peg and the umbrella-stand annihilated him.
From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley
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 A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
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 Robert Smith Surtees
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
In scenes reminiscent of '80s Hollywood blockbuster Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Steve Wainwright lives in his home among huge objects including a giant pencil, clothes peg, audio cassette and a 13-amp plug.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Why not use a clothes peg, or a rubber band?
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2017
One of the men asks the other for a clothes peg.
From Nature ● Jan. 11, 2016
Marius Braun hands me a device that consists of a pair of metal prongs that are spring-loaded and look rather like a large clothes peg.
From Newsweek
"I have been called a clothes peg," he said, "but I have had to submit to it because this is settled by authority, and not by my choice or liking."
From Time Magazine Archive
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