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An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clothespin, clothes pin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مِشْبَك مَلَابِس
(mišbak malābis)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Armenian:
լվացքի ամրակ
(lvacʻkʻi amrak)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Azerbaijani:
sıxac
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Azerbaijani:
şpilka
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Azerbaijani:
ipəzor
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Belarusian:
прышчэ́пка
(pryščépka)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Bulgarian:
щи́пка
(štípka)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Bulgarian:
щипка за пране
(štipka za prane)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Bulgarian:
щипка за дрехи
(štipka za drehi)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Catalan:
agulla d'estendre
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Catalan:
gafa
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Catalan:
pinça
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Chinese Mandarin:
衣夾 /衣夹
(yījiā)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Cree:
ᐲᓈᐦᑎᒄ
(piinaahtikw)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Crimean Tatar:
qısqıs
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Czech:
kolíček na prádlo
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Danish:
tøjklemme
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Dutch:
wasknijper
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Dutch:
wasspeld
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Estonian:
pesupulk
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Faroese:
klemma
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Faroese:
toyklemma
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Finnish:
pyykkipoika
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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French:
pince à linge
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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French:
épingle à linge
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Georgian:
მომჭერი
(momč̣eri)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Georgian:
დამჭერი
(damč̣eri)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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German:
Wäscheklammer
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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German:
Kluppe
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Greek:
μανταλάκι
(mantaláki)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Hungarian:
ruhaszárító csipesz
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Icelandic:
þvottaklemma
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Irish:
pionna éadaigh
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Italian:
molletta
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Italian:
molletta da bucato
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Japanese:
洗濯挟み
(sentakubasami)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Kazakh:
кірқыстырғыш
(kırqystyrğyş)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Khmer:
តម្បៀតខោអាវ
(tɑmbiət khao ʼaaw)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Korean:
빨래집게
(ppallaejipge)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Ladino:
tranka
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Ladino:
mandalakya
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Ladino:
masha (Izmir)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Macedonian:
шти́пка
(štípka)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Malay:
penyepit baju
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Mongolian:
хувцасны хавчаар
(xuvcasny xavčaar)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Norman:
êpîle à lînge
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Norwegian Bokmål:
klesklype
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Persian:
گیره لباس
(gire-ye lebâs)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Persian:
گیره رخت
(gire-ye raxt)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Persian:
قیدک کالا
(qaydak-e kâlâ)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Polish:
klamerka
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Polish:
spinacz
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Polish:
żabka
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Portuguese:
prendedor de roupa
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Portuguese:
pregador
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Portuguese:
grampo de roupa
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Portuguese:
mola
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Portuguese:
prisão
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Russian:
прище́пка
(priščépka)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Scottish Gaelic:
cnag-aodaich
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Serbo-Croatian:
штипаљка
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Serbo-Croatian:
štipaljka
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Spanish:
pinza de tender
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Spanish:
pinza
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Spanish:
broche
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Swedish:
klädnypa
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Swedish:
tvättklämma
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Tagalog:
sipit
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Tajik:
чангак
(čangak)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Tausug:
sipit
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Thai:
ไม้หนีบผ้า
(máai-nìip-pâa)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Turkish:
mandal
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Ukrainian:
прищі́пка
(pryščípka)
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Uzbek:
qisqich
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
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Venetan:
mojeca
— an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline