clotheshorse
clotheshorse Lexical Profile
clotheshorse Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A portable wooden or metal frame with horizontal bars on which newly washed clothes and linens are hung to dry or air.
"Because it was raining heavily outside, she set up the folding clotheshorse near the radiator to dry the laundry."
A person who is overly preoccupied with wearing and showing off fashionable clothes, or who looks exceptionally good in any outfit.
"Known throughout the office as a bit of a clotheshorse, he rarely wore the same suit twice in a month."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 18th century as a compound of 'clothes' and 'horse', using the long-standing sense of 'horse' for a sturdy wooden frame that supports a load (as in 'sawhorse'). The figurative sense of a person obsessed with displaying fashionable attire emerged in mid-19th-century usage.