clotheshorse

noun

Definition of clotheshorsenext
as in exquisite

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Recent Examples of clotheshorse Andi tries to stick with castoffs from a friend who is a clotheshorse and is also sensitive to chemicals. — Alden Wicker, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Oct. 2020 Mary Lincoln, like Jackie, was a Francophile and a clotheshorse. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021 Megan Thee Stallion is a lithe clotheshorse of a wordsmith whose lyricall bread and butter is commanding men to pleasure her. — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021 The hats are especially lovely, and Michelle Dockery, here blanded-down by her material but still one of the bright lights of the ensemble, takes top honors as both actress and clotheshorse. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2019 Monday evening was all about the Basquiat-collecting clotheshorse billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, the first passenger on the Big Fu— uh, Big Falcon Rocket (BFR). — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2018 Apart from the pleasurable wonder of watching these excellent real horses alongside McCartney’s excellent model clotheshorses, that adjacency was also designed to stimulate the audience’s consideration of animal cruelty in the fashion industry. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clotheshorse
  1. exquisite
  2. swell
  3. blade
  4. popinjay
  5. coxcomb
Noun
  • The move came down the Norwegian right, as Patrick Berg was fed in with an exquisite through ball.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Eileen is Hathaway perfectly in the pocket with her obsessions as a performer, melding her gifts for the exquisite and the dark while building a character who is never easy to pin down to a simple motive.
    — Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Definition of exquisite
Noun
  • Options for activities include paddleboarding and chasing Arctic swells in the fjords, sailing through sea cliffs and the uninhabited Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, and spotting whales, seals, Arctic foxes, and more wildlife.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 June 2026
  • Since its 2022 introduction, Ryder's Law has received a swell of support from local and national animal welfare groups; NYC legislators, including former mayor Eric Adams; and a slew of celebrities such as Billie Eilish, Ricky Gervais, Marisa Tomei and Christopher Walken.
    — ANDREA SACHS THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
Definition of swell
Noun
  • The standard razor features a moisturizer bar infused with aloe and shea butter, which helps the five sharp blades to glide smoothly over your skin and minimizes irritation.
    — Sara Coughlin, Allure, 5 July 2026
  • To date, examples have included 328-foot (100-meter) long turbine blades, large military vehicles, satellites, and aircraft fuselage parts, among other notable examples.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Definition of blade
Noun
  • Robin Hood and the avenging bandido Murrieta, as well as novelist Baroness Orczy’s entirely fictional Scarlet Pimpernel, the secret identity of the British popinjay who saves French aristocrats from the Reign of Terror.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2021
  • There was a tiny popinjay of a man with a Windsor knot and a pink tie.
    — Rebecca Keegan, VanityFair.com, 21 Jan. 2017
Definition of popinjay
Noun
  • The doctor was a large, hale man, with a coxcomb of thinning red hair.
    — Adam O’Fallon Price, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
Definition of coxcomb

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“Clotheshorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clotheshorse. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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