CLOTHESPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clothespin mean? 

• CLOTHESPIN (noun)
  The noun CLOTHESPIN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CLOTHESPIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOTHESPIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clothes peg; clothes pin; clothespin

Hypernyms ("clothespin" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

 Context examples 

Meg had an extra row of little curlpapers across her forehead, Jo had copiously anointed her afflicted face with cold cream, Beth had taken Joanna to bed with her to atone for the approaching separation, and Amy had capped the climax by putting a clothespin on her nose to uplift the offending feature.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)