clotheshorse
[ klohz-hawrs, klohth z- ]
/ ˈkloʊzˌhɔrs, ˈkloʊðz- /
noun
Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.
a frame on which to hang wet laundry for drying.
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Words nearby clotheshorse
clothes prop, clothes tree, clothes-peg, clothes-press, clothesbasket, clotheshorse, clothesline, clothespin, clothespress, clothier, clothing
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Example sentences from the Web for clotheshorse
What if you couldn't get a clotheshorse to run in a potato-race?
Garrison's Finish|W. B. M. FergusonA clotheshorse fell on the horse's back and off he started on a dead run, and that wuz the end of poor Jinnie.
Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks|Charles Felton Pidgin
British Dictionary definitions for clotheshorse
clotheshorse
/ (ˈkləʊðzˌhɔːs) /
noun
a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
informal a dandy
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