clothes-peg
noun
a clothespin.
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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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Stone-peg: A roughly cylindrical block of stone bonded into the walls of a house and projecting 10 or 12 inches on the inside so as to permit of its being used as a clothes-peg.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram
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 Surtees, Robert Smith
Her clothes hung on her as on a clothes-peg.
From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John
A hale old Roman once gave him a little exhibition of his skill in fence, taking a clothes-peg for his mark.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
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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