clotheshorse

Example Sentences

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“He responds well to men’s clothing in particular. Marty is a clotheshorse himself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025

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

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

He is a sophisticate, a weekend denizen of New York’s theater district, a clotheshorse.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove