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clothesline

[klohz-lahyn, klohthz-] / ˈkloʊzˌlaɪn, ˈkloʊðz- /




NOUN
line drive
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Footage obtained by TMZ shows Sweeney climbing up the Hollywood sign to help string up a clothesline of assorted bras across the familiar landmark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

I use a clothesline on the balcony and a laundromat nearby in case I have an urgent need to dry things.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Eleven-year-old Arakel is holding his cardboard model of a house with a retractable clothesline.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

“One of the things I did to myself is I didn't want the joke attached to time. If time was like a clothesline, I wanted to do it for as long as ever.”

From Salon • May 22, 2024

On the days she ignored me, I hung my school dress and stretch pants on the clothesline for the wind to shake them a thousand times.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat