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clotheshorse

[klohz-hawrs, klohthz-] / ˈkloʊzˌhɔrs, ˈkloʊðz- /




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As flattering as that pale purple may be on her, she’s much happier to let her guests’ ensembles, especially noted clotheshorse Kim, in a sweeping chiffon skirt and little white gloves, provide the fashion credentials.

From Washington Post Apr. 26, 2023

This month, JMM is doing a collection with the actor Jeff Goldblum, who, in recent years has become something of a clotheshorse.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2021

Sure, John David Washington’s wardrobe filled this clotheshorse with envy, but the awe I felt at the visual spectacle of Inception is completely missing here.

From Slate Dec. 28, 2020

She is a shopaholic striver with a mountain of credit-card debt, a profligate clotheshorse who, the viewer assumes, cares more about materialist trends than timeless art.

From The New Yorker Oct. 19, 2018

We each took a handle of the basket and carried it to the clotheshorse, a rope strung between two wooden frames that we used for drying clothes and linens.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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