noun
- small clips or fasteners used to attach wet clothes to a clothesline for drying
Usage: plural of clothespin
Examples
- She hung the wet shirts on the line with wooden clothespins.
- The strong wind blew several clothespins off the clothesline.
- My grandmother always used old-fashioned wooden clothespins to dry laundry.
- The plastic clothespins were cheaper than the wooden ones.
- He collected the clothespins in a basket after taking down the dry clothes.
- The clothespins left small marks on the shoulders of the shirts.
- She bought a package of colorful clothespins at the dollar store.