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What (who) is clothes peg - definition
FASTENER FOR HANGING CLOTHES FOR DRYING
Clothespeg; Clothes peg; C74 Clothespin; Clothes pin; Clothes pins; Clothes-pin; Dolly pegs; Clothes pegs; Clothes-peg
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clothes peg
(clothes pegs)
A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line. (BRIT; in AM, use clothespin
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clothes peg
(also N. Amer. clothespin)
¦ noun Brit. a clip or forked device for securing clothes to a clothes line.
clothespin
(clothespins)
A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg
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Wikipedia
Clothespin
A peg (UK English) is a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line. Pegs come in many different designs.
Examples of use of clothes peg
1. For a quick snifter of Scotch, a clothes peg on the nose may suffice.
2. Magaro managed to convince one prospective record label to ship over his giant clothes peg from Brazil.
3. That was kind of hard work to get together, so we found a giant clothes peg on the street and started using that as a percussion instrument, just hitting it with your hands.
4. A team of surgeons in western Serbia earlier this week took out eight nails, a knife, a pen, a screw, a spoon, a clothes–peg and other smaller objects, from a young man‘s stomach, one of the doctors said on Wednesday.
5. BELGRADE, Serbia –– A team of surgeons in western Serbia earlier this week took out eight nails, a knife, a pen, a screw, a spoon, a clothes–peg and other, smaller objects, from a young man‘s stomach, one of the doctors said Wednesday.