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clothes-horse

clothes-horse
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [klohz, klohth z hawrs]
    • /kloʊz, kloʊðz hɔrs/
    • /kləʊðz hɔːs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klohz, klohth z hawrs]
    • /kloʊz, kloʊðz hɔrs/

Definitions of clothes-horse word

  • noun clothes-horse Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably. 1
  • noun clothes-horse a frame on which to hang wet laundry for drying. 1
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Origin of clothes-horse

First appearance:

before 1765
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1765-75; clothes + horse

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Parts of speech for Clothes-horse

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Clothes-horse

clothes-horse popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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