What does "clothespin" mean?

A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.

What is a synonym for "clothespin"?

Common synonyms include: clothes pin, button, clip, clothes peg, fastener, girth.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching. Canada, US
"At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl."
2
wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline wordnet

Verb

"The clothespin fell to the ground."

From clothes + pin.