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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US, Canada) A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching..
At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl.
Use clothespin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clothespin means (US, Canada) A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching..
Common synonyms include clothes peg, clothes pin.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl.
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