Definition of Clothespin

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

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

Definition of Clothespin

1. n. A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.

Definition of Clothespin

1. Noun. A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To affix with a clothespin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clothespin

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clothespin

clothes trees
clothes valet
clothesbrush
clotheshorse
clotheshorses
clothesless
clothesline
clotheslined
clotheslines
clotheslining
clothesmaker
clothesmakers
clothesmaking
clothespeg
clothespegs
clothespin (current term)
clothespin vote
clothespinned
clothespinning
clothespins
clothespress
clothespresses
clothest
clothestree
clotheth
clothianidin
clothier
clothiers
clothing
clothing bin

Literary usage of Clothespin

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

1. Manual Training--play Problems: Constructive Work for Boys and Girls Based by William Samuel Marten (1917)
"1 of the drawing is shown the " blacksmith clothespin boys." The anvil is made by sawing off the top of one clothespin. The arm can be made of a brad, ..."

2. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"Reaching Device Made of clothespin The handy pick-up device shown in the illustration is one that can be easily and quickly made, and such a tool is ..."

3. Starting With Comprehension: Reading Strategies For The Youngest Learners by Andie Cunningham, Ruth Shagoury (2005)
"Each student has a clothespin with his or her name written on both sides. I like to make sure the name reads right side up no matter what side of the ..."

4. Spontaneous and Supervised Play in Childhood by Alice Corbin Sies (1922)
"Evidently he felt the inadequacy of his mouth as a bill, for he soon appeared with a clothespin in his mouth and proceeded to peck the chair with the ..."

5. The American Journal of Microscopy and Popular Science (1876)
"We have found a common spring clothespin as efficient as auy of the more expensive ... But when we come to lay the slide down, the clothespin holds it in au ..."

6. The Human Body by Elissa Dosik Weinroth, Alexander Cruz, Jo Larsen, Nancy Schoefl, Weinroth, Elissa (2002)
"Explain that they each will squeeze a clothespin for 30 seconds, ... Tell students to squeeze the clothespin a few times just to see how it feels. ..."

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