clothespin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clothespin
Example Sentences
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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
Use a spring clothespin to secure the herb bundles to wires or other support.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023
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
“These are my clothespin people. When I was a girl, my very best friend and I used to make them. That Cally, she had a sense of humor.”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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