clothes prop

British  

noun

1. a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze

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clothes prop

The clothes prop is the most useful instrument of the house.

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville

She came round the waterhole with a clothes prop, and made good time, too; but we got across and away with our clothes.

From Over the Sliprails by Henry Lawson

There was not a clothes prop in his father's garden long enough to suit his ideas, therefore, he ran to the next door neighbor's, Alex Smith's, selecting the longest prop he could find.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Ben W. Warden

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 James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville

When he got there the old woman was in the garden knocking apples off a tree with a clothes prop.

From The Old Man's Bag by J. R. Monsell