clothes-peg

[ klohz-peg, klohthz- ]

noun

, British.

1. a clothespin.

clothes peg

noun

1. a small wooden or plastic clip for attaching washing to a clothesline

Word History and Origins

Origin of clothes-peg¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

There was a plaster Joan of Arc in the hall, close to the clothes-peg.

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At night he tore the cord off the blind, and, seeing nothing through his tears, began to fasten it to the hook of the clothes-peg.

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One little Piskey, somewhat taller than a clothes-peg, was the best dancer there, and his laugh was the merriest.

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I went to bed that night with a clothes-peg out of the yard on it, to improve its shape.

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The mere notion of the passage and the clothes-peg and the umbrella-stand annihilated him.

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