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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ppallae-geonjodae
"젖은 옷들을 빨래건조대에 널었습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A frame or rack on which washed clothes are hung to dry or air.
"She draped the wet sheets over the clotheshorse in the warm sun." - 2
A person who is excessively concerned with wearing stylish clothes or showing off new fashions.
"At the gala, he paraded around like a socialite clotheshorse showing off designer suits."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'clothes' (from Old English 'clāðs') and 'horse' (from Old English 'hors', used broadly in mechanical structures like a sawhorse to support things). First recorded in the 17th century, the term originally referred strictly to a wooden frame for drying laundry before expanding metaphorically to describe a fashionable person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Clotheshorse" is said worldwide
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séchoir
Transliteration: se-shwar
"Le linge humide est étendu sur le séchoir."
Wäscheständer
Transliteration: Vaeshe-staender
"Sie stellte den Wäscheständer auf den Balkon."
stendibiancheria
Transliteration: sten-di-byan-ke-ria
"Ho appeso i panni bagnati sullo stendibiancheria."
tendedero
Transliteration: ten-de-de-ro
"Puso la ropa mojada en el tendedero."
varal
Transliteration: va-ral
"A roupa recém-lavada já está estendida no varal."
कपड़े सुखाने की स्टैंड
Transliteration: kapray sukhanay ki stand
"गीले कपड़े स्टैंड पर डाल दिए गए हैं।"
晾衣架
Transliteration: liàng yī jià
"她把洗好的衣服挂在晾衣架上。"
빨래건조대
Transliteration: ppallae-geonjodae
"젖은 옷들을 빨래건조대에 널었습니다."
物干し台
Transliteration: monoshidai
"洗濯物を物干し台に干した。"
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