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Definition of clothes horse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

clothes horse

noun

/ˈkləʊðz hɔːs/,

/ˈkləʊz hɔːs/

/ˈkləʊðz hɔːrs/,

/ˈkləʊz hɔːrs/

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(British English) a wooden or plastic folding frame that you put clothes on to dry after you have washed them

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a person who is very interested in fashionable clothes
- He explained that he was not a clothes horse and only had two pairs of shoes.

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