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Webster 1913 Edition


Clothesline

Clothes′lineˊ

(klōz′līnˊ)
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Noun.
A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.

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clothesline

clothesline

See also: clothes line

English

Clothes on clotheslines in Northern Germany

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Noun

clothesline (plural clotheslines)

  1. A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry
    Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.

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Verb

clothesline (third-person singular simple present clotheslines, present participle clotheslining, simple past and past participle clotheslined)

  1. To knock (a person) over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.
    The ref called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.

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