Meaning

1 senses

  1. (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 sentences

  1. Please give me the clothes pegs.

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  2. Pass me a clothes peg, please.

    deGib mir bitte eine Wäscheklammer! — Sciuro_Kvar

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  3. Half of the clothes pegs are missing.

    deDie Hälfte der Wäscheklammern ist verloren gegangen. — brauchinet

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  4. Half of the clothes pegs have gone missing.

    deDie Hälfte der Wäscheklammern ist verloren gegangen. — brauchinet

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  5. There's one clothes peg hanging on the line.

    deDort hängt noch eine Wäscheklammer an der Leine. — Sciuro_Kvar

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline:
Русский
By meaning 1
an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline:

Forms

plural: clothes pegs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
clothespin
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clotclothA1clotheclothesA1clotheslineclothingB2cloudA1
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