clotheshorse

Example Sentences

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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

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

So she decides to do what any clotheshorse dreams of: she opens a luxury boutique, called Scruples, on Rodeo Drive, and becomes the queen of Los Angeles fashion.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2019

Finally, and perhaps most significantly, one of Mr. Cook’s fiercest competitors, Satya Nadella, the newish chief executive of Microsoft, is also proving something of an uncharacteristic clotheshorse.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2014

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