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Clothesline - What does it mean?

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clothesline

Alternative forms

* clothes line (UK )

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry
  • Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.

    Synonyms

    * washing line

    Verb

    (clotheslin)
  • To knock (a person) over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.
  • The ref called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.