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clothespin

NOUN
  1. wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline

How To Use clothespin In A Sentence

  • Then, use three clothespins to secure them to one another across the bridge of the nose.
  • As she worked, she hung the sheets on the line with clothespins and let them dry in the cool, country wind of Polperro.
  • A hanger and clothespin don't just come in handy for doing laundry, they can also be used to straighten out coiled cords, even ones that may appear permanently kinked.
  • Amy slept with a patent clothespin pinching it, she couldn't attain the Grecian effect she so much desired.
  • It is close to one o'clock when she hangs each article of clothing on the line in the sunshine. She stuffs clothespins in her mouth and snaps them on the clean linen.
  • She dirties her hands and feet, splashes paint onto her skin or pinches it with clothespins, squeezes herself into cupboards and detached fireplace moldings, wraps herself in tattered wallpaper peeling from the walls, crouches barefoot amongst the dust and detritus and reclines in display cases alongside taxidermied rodents. Larissa Archer: Artist Unbound: Francesca Woodman at SFMOMA
  • The woman waved toward the side street, and took a clothespin out of her mouth. HOMELAND AND OTHER STORIES
  • Feel free to tie the canes together with soft string or tying-up tape, and then wrap the whole bundle, fastening the fabric tightly with clothespins.
  • While she scrubbed the garments in a soapy tub with her washboard, Jack used clothespins to hang them upon long lines of string attached to trees.
  • Children invented pencil toppers in the same way they will dress clothespins, shoes, or hair curlers, detail dust pans, and lend sticker eyes to a fly swatter.
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