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clothes⋅horse

[klohz-hawrs, klohthz-]
–noun
1. Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.
2. a frame on which to hang wet laundry for drying.

Origin:
1765–75; clothes + horse
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clothes·horse   (klōz'hôrs', klōthz'-)   


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n.  
  1. A frame on which clothes are hung to dry or air.

  2. A person excessively concerned with dress.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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clotheshorse [ˈklozhors]

  1. n.
    someone who is obsessed with clothing and looking good in it. : Her brother is the real clotheshorse.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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