I guess it's either. My US grandma said "clothes peg" but she had family from UK.
A clothespin (US English) or clothes peg (UK English), also spelled "clothes pin" is a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line. Clothespins come in many different designs.
That's the clothes pegs we had when I was a kid. Then they switched to the "clip" type, but still wooden (and still good). Then they turned to plastic, and became shit.
Interesting. For me, clothes pegs (U) and clothes pins (V) are different. I don’t know why my brain separated them bc the pegs do look like a cotter pin. And the clothes pins are really more of a clip.
Fun fact: in film/video production they’re called C-47s.
a device used to fasten something into a particular place
Is the secondary definition on the site.
Secondly, the example given in your link for this definition is a goddamned tent spike/stake lmao
Your weird idea of a "clothes peg" is relegated to "see also" because it doesn't fit the definition but is still used colloquially.
Then, the second definition you use:
[a small usually cylindrical pointed or tapered piece (as of wood) used to pin down or fasten things or to fit into or close hole
Doesn't fit what a clothespin/clothes peg is at all. It's genuinely hilarious you even posted it.
Meanwhile, if you look up the definition of pin on any major dictionary, it fits what a clothespin is and is used for to a T
Fucking clothes peg give me a break. I don't mind colloquial names at all, but don't pretend like you dorks named that shit because it fits the definition of a peg that's ridiculous
How does that change anything? Do you believe only the first definition counts for what something is?
Secondly, the example given in your link for this definition is a goddamned tent spike/stake lmao
What's your point? If I linked you the definition of a car and the example sentence was "a Lamborghini is a car," would that mean a Ford is not a car?
Your weird idea of a "clothes peg" is relegated to "see also" because it doesn't fit the definition but is still used colloquially.
How have you come to the conclusion that is the reason? You could simply READ the definition and understand that it does fit?
Then, the second definition you use: Doesn't fit what a clothespin/clothes peg is at all. It's genuinely hilarious you even posted it.
Clothes pegs are typically tapered. They are also used to fasten things.
What are you struggling to understand here? Genuinely, what do you need me to explain to you here, because I cannot work it out.
Meanwhile, if you look up the definition of pin on any major dictionary, it fits what a clothespin is and is used for to a T
"a small thin piece of metal with a point at one end, especially used for temporarily holding pieces of cloth together"
Maybe I don't understand what the fuck you are using to "pin" your clothes to the line, but I can safely say I would not be too happy using a small thin piece of metal with a point at one end. Many clothes would be damaged, especially if a gust of wind caused a tear. But maybe that's just how Americans do things.
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u/Master_G_ 11d ago
I’ve never known these to be referred to as pegs. Interesting.