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clothesline

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




NOUN
line drive
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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

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

After waters rapidly rose in West Sumatra and submerged his home, Meri Osman said he was "swept away by the current" and clung onto a clothesline until he was rescued.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 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

Through the window, I could see Mrs. Baylor hanging up laundry on the clothesline again.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English




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