Definition of Clothes peg

1. Noun. Wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline.

Exact synonyms: Clothes Pin, Clothespin
Generic synonyms: Fastener, Fastening, Fixing, Holdfast

Definition of Clothes peg

1. Noun. (British NZ) An object (usually made of wood) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clothes Peg

clothes-pegs
clothes-shop
clothes basket
clothes closet
clothes designer
clothes don't make the man
clothes drier
clothes dryer
clothes hamper
clothes hanger
clothes hangers
clothes line
clothes lines
clothes maiden
clothes moth
clothes peg (current term)
clothes pegs
clothes pin
clothes shop
clothes shops
clothes tree
clothes trees
clothes valet
clothesbrush
clotheshorse
clotheshorses
clothesless
clothesline
clotheslined
clotheslines

Literary usage of Clothes peg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1891)
"He carries a clothes-peg about with him, which he puts in his mouth when an attack is coming on. During a fit he is unconscious or semi-conscious ; when the ..."

2. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald, Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"Makes me own to you my unfortunate— though innocent frolic of being in man's clothes, Peg. So Peg. Evermore? ..."

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