Many English-speaking countries call it a clothes peg (2 words)
Clothespin
The compound word for dryers, lid, net, and pin is clothespin.
Clothespin and topspin are compoundwords ending in 'pin'.
the clothespin was invented to hang clothes
The Shakers invented the clothespin in the mid 1800's
9.2 grams
The load of a clothespin is the force applied by the spring to hold the clothes together. The effort is the force applied by squeezing the two arms of the clothespin together to open it.
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A clothespin vote is when you don't like the candidate put up by your party but vote for him/her anyhow being loyal to your party.
Take your pick: chairwomen, clothespin, curmudgeon
The Shakers were the true inventors of the original clothespin.
One way to make a 3D grasshopper model is to use a wooden clothespin. You can then decorate the clothespin to look like a grasshopper.