Clothesline

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  • noun. A cord, rope, or wire on which clothes may be hung to dry or air.
  • transitive verb. To knock down (an opponent in an athletic contest) by hooking the neck with an outstretched arm.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A rope on which clothes are hung to dry after being washed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry
  • verb. To knock (a person) over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.
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  • noun. a cord on which clothes are hung to dry
  • Word Usage
    "More telling about age than her reference to a clothesline is her use of the word “drawers.”"
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    cord  
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