clothes pole

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noun

a pole used for supporting a clothesline.

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Origin of clothes pole

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words nearby clothes pole

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

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How to use clothes pole in a sentence

Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
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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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World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
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BEIRUT—It is December, but Sabrine Omar is still wearing her summer clothes.
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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
Knowing by experience that he would soon be up to it, he used his pole with all his might, hoping to steer clear of it.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Edmund de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, on account of his near relationship to the house of York, beheaded.
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Then, having shot nothing that day, he turned towards the Pole with a feeling of disappointment.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Truly it was a most enjoyable season and experience, but there is no joy without its alley here below—not even at the North Pole!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for clothes pole

clothes pole

noun

Also called: clothes post a post to which a clothesline is attached

Scot and US another term for clothes prop

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