clothesline

After that I hung them up on my backyard clothesline and weighed them every ten minutes for an hour to see how quickly they dried.
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A hulking defender breaks into the backfield and takes him down with a vicious clothesline tackle.
Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel|Steve Almond|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
New Hampshire, after all, is the home of a law prohibiting the hanging of lingerie on a clothesline near an airport.
Our Dumb Puritan Laws: Sex Bans and Illegal Adultery|Kevin Bleyer|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the last Sunday in March, Marina is hanging diapers on a flimsy clothesline stuck in the grass in the small backyard.
The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK|Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

One of her four books, The Clothesline Diet, was also published in the U.S.
Oprah's Super Sad Superfans|Tricia Romano|May 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She spent 13 months pacing around her clothesline and lost all the weight.
Oprah's Super Sad Superfans|Tricia Romano|May 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Taking the scissors from Violet's workbag, she cut the laundry bag carefully into two pieces, saving the cord for a clothesline.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
A small box is fastened to one post, to provide a place for the clothesline and the clothespins.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
She thinks she recognizes that quilt—she missed one off her clothesline several nights ago.
The Castaways of Pete's Patch|Carroll Watson Rankin
She's grow on som' clothesline jus' biffore de back part of dose house of madame hon Lakeveele.
The Castaways of Pete's Patch|Carroll Watson Rankin
Little Jim meanwhile amused himself by trying to rope the family cat with a piece of clothesline.
Partners of Chance|Henry Herbert Knibbs

British Dictionary definitions for clothesline

clothesline

/ (ˈkləʊðzˌlaɪn) /

noun

a piece of rope, cord, or wire on which clean washing is hung to dry or air

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