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Noun: clothespin  'klow(dh)z,pin
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: clothes peg)
  1. Wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
    "She secured the sheets to the clothesline with clothespins";
    - clothes pin [N. Amer], clothes peg [Brit], peg [Brit]

Derived forms: clothes pins, clothespins

Type of: fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast

Encyclopedia: Clothespin