clothes prop
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She was as tall as a clothes prop and scarcely as fat.
From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene
Alfred had the clothes prop hidden in the barn below.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.
Alfred was strong in the belief that he could greatly aid Node with the clothes prop as before.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.
Jisuké Dono will be the clothes prop for this completed wickedness—unless his silence be well bought.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)
He threatened to abandon the flight if he caught sight of a clothes prop in Alfred's hands.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.
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