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Definition of Clothes peg
1. Noun. Wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline.
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
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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