- a frame on which to hang clothes, etc. for airing or drying
- Slang a person who dresses conspicuously in fashionable clothes
clotheshorse
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clotheshorse
noun
- A frame on which clothes are hung to dry or air.
- A person excessively concerned with dress.
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Noun
(plural clotheshorses)
- A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
- (by extension) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.
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Sentence Examples
- Gemini isn't a clotheshorse, but he certainly loves to dress in nice clothes because of the way it makes him feel.
- The shopkeeper and Claudia both looked at him quizzically, wondering how a man, so obviously a clotheshorse, did not know his suit size.
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Words near clotheshorse in the dictionary
- clotheshorse
- clotheshorses
- clothesless
- clothesline