clothes peg
An object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it can dryAn object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.
» Please give me the clothes pegs.
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK)An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.
Wäscheklammer, Kluppe
прище́пкаpriščépka
прищі́пкаpryščípka
wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
Examples
14 sentencesPlease give me the clothes pegs.
Pass me a clothes peg, please.
deGib mir bitte eine Wäscheklammer!
Half of the clothes pegs are missing.
deDie Hälfte der Wäscheklammern ist verloren gegangen.
Half of the clothes pegs have gone missing.
deDie Hälfte der Wäscheklammern ist verloren gegangen.
There's one clothes peg hanging on the line.
deDort hängt noch eine Wäscheklammer an der Leine.
Translations
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Forms
plural: clothes pegsSynonyms
2 synonyms- wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline:clothespinclothes pin