clothespin
Americannoun
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clothespins
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Origin of clothespin
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In conferences to decide cases, they’d sometimes pass around whimsical props like a clothespin to signal members to “hold their noses” and vote unanimously to project institutional solidarity.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
Keaton stuck a clothespin on the tip of her nose to make it smaller, and acted the part of an extrovert: big laugh, big hair and, when she stopped liking her hair, big hats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
She became giddy over a working clothespin sold by Maria Fowler from Toronto’s The Little Dollhouse Company.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2023
The Browns miscalculated, believing that their starving fans would clothespin their noses to escape the stench and instead fantasize about the Super Bowl possibilities with Watson helming the team.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2022
She put on one of the gloves hung by a clothespin over the sink.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Instead of toy soldiers, he made do with old clothespins to create battle scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Plastic clothespins sway on an empty line under a cold, gray sky.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
Just because you're not drying on that picture-perfect backyard clothesline doesn't mean you don't need clothespins.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2022
Pro tip: A clothespin-making session will create a supply of cute clothespins to use all season long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2018
Aunt Pretty told me that when she was growing up, the only dolls country girls had were made of rags, dried apples, or clothespins.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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