Definition of clothesline
:a line (as of cord) on which clothes may be hung to dry
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But Dik Browne, in Wilton, worked out of his basement, surrounded by washtubs and laundry hanging on clotheslines—a workspace version of himself.
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But Dik Browne, in Wilton, worked out of his basement, surrounded by washtubs and laundry hanging on clotheslines—a workspace version of himself.
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Gass and Christiano have resolved to display them all, whether this means hanging them from the walls, suspending them on clotheslines from the ceiling, or piling them up on tables.
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But Dik Browne, in Wilton, worked out of his basement, surrounded by washtubs and laundry hanging on clotheslines—a workspace version of himself.
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Eventually, a middle-aged woman appears at the clotheslines behind the house and speaks with us.
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The Skivvies lay it all on the line each and every performance – the clothesline, that is.
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Emily Ratajakowski, perpetually bikini-bound, made like a nonna and hung her towels on a clothesline amid the Italian landscape.
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Three students pinned their photographs of people and places and life in Mosul on a long clothesline and recounted the stories behind them.
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First Known Use of clothesline
1830
First Known Use of clothesline
1964
CLOTHESLINE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of clothesline for English Language Learners
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: a piece of rope or a wire that people hang wet clothes on to dry
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