clothespin
verbEtymology From clothes + pin.
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To affix with a clothespin.
clothespin
nounEtymology From clothes + pin.
1
Canada, US A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
- At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl.2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:
- Synonyms
- clothes peg
- Derived terms
- clothespin vote