clothespin

English

A wooden clothespin

Etymology

From clothes +‎ pin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

clothespin (plural clothespins)

1. A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
   • 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl.

Synonyms

• clothes peg

Derived terms

• clothespin vote

Translations

a clip or fastener — see clothes peg

Verb

clothespin (third-person singular simple present clothespins, present participle clothespinning, simple past and past participle clothespinned)

1. (transitive) To affix with a clothespin.