Clothes

  • 111clothes pin — noun wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline • Syn: ↑clothespin, ↑clothes peg • Hypernyms: ↑fastener, ↑fastening, ↑holdfast, ↑fixing …

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  • 112clothes tree — noun an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing • Syn: ↑coat tree, ↑coat stand • Hypernyms: ↑pole * * * noun : an upright postlike stand with hooks or pegs around the top on which to hang clothes called also costumer, hall tree …

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  • 113clothes stop — noun : cotton line used for fastening washed clothes to a line or for tying up rolled clothes in bags or lockers …

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  • 114clothes pole — a pole used for supporting a clothesline. [1860 65, Amer.] * * * clothes pole, 1. a stick to support a clothesline. 2. a pole supporting a frame and ropes for drying clothes …

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  • 115clothes·pin — /ˈkloʊzˌpın/ noun, pl pins [count] US : a small object used for holding clothes on a clothesline called also (Brit) clothes peg …

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  • 116clothes drier — Appliance Ap*pli ance, n. 1. The act of applying; application. [1913 Webster] 2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a… …

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  • 117clothes moth — any of several small moths of the family Tineidae, the larvae of which feed on wool, fur, etc., esp. Tinea pellionella (casemaking clothes moth). [1745 55] * * * …

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  • 118clothes valet — noun an item of furniture on which clothes may be hung …

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  • 119clothes maiden — noun A rack for drying clothes …

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  • 120clothes horse — n Someone obsessed with clothing. Maureen is a clothes horsewho spends most of her life shopping. 1850s …

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