clothespin

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Unless they've actually waited on water to boil just so they can drop in that tiny white bag which is clamped to the edge of the pot with a clothespin, they just won't understand.

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  1. noun A clip of wood or plastic for fastening clothes to a clothesline.

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  • The outfit included a clip like a clothespin for holding the nostrils shut Monk appeared. —  009 - The Czar of Fear
  • The clothespin is then held open by wrapping its arms with solder wire. —  20-ImprovisedInitiators
  • If you hold down the button on the microphone, it will short out the microphone, and the sound should improve, You may be able to make a clothespin or paperclip hold the button down. —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • To make the clothespin-drop game harder, you can have kids hold it under their chin and drop. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • I enjoyed the grass flip flops (my favorite), ebony / ivory clothespin, head full of clouds, noose of pearls, drain in dry earth the most. —  haha.nu
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