clothes-horse
clothes-horse is the alternative form of clotheshorse.
Meaning of clotheshorse
Noun
clotheshorse (plural clotheshorses)
- A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
- In front of the darkened electric fire stood a wooden clothes horse draped with tights and underwear.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279
- Synonyms:
- airer, clothes maiden, clothes screen, drying rack
- A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.
- Her mother was a genuine clotheshorse. She had had more kimonos and dresses than room in their chests to store them […]1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 471
Forms of clothes-horse
| plural | clothes-horses |
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Questions about clothes-horse
- What is clothes-horse the alternative form of?
- Clothes-horse is the alternative form of clotheshorse.
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