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CLOTHES PIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clothes pin mean?
• CLOTHES PIN (noun)
The noun CLOTHES PIN has 1 sense:
1. wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
Familiarity information: CLOTHES PIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("clothes pin" is a kind of...):
fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
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