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clothespin

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A wooden clothespin

Etymology

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From clothes +‎ pin.

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Noun

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clothespin (plural clothespins)

  1. (US, Canada) 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.

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To affix with a clothespin.

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