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plural clotheshorses
A frame on which laundry is hung to dry. quotations examples
In front of the darkened electric fire stood a wooden clothes horse draped with tights and underwear.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279
(figurative) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing. quotations examples
Her mother was a genuine clotheshorse. She had had more kimonos and dresses than room in their chests to store them […]
1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, page 471