That is on the decline because of the advent of the plasticclothespeg.
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That is the sort of tiny clip with which the housewives are replacing the woodenclothespeg.
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One thinks straight away ofclothespeg-making, one of their great standbys.
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He is known for his use of unusual instruments, most notably using electric power drills on his guitar and playing the typewriter and a giantclothespegpercussively.
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Are gipsies to register for the sale of clothes pegs?
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Although there are other types of clothes pegs manufactured in the country, pegs are still made by gipsies.
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Then there are the clothes line posts and the clothes pegs.
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Wooden clothes pegs are going out of fashion, as are wooden clothes posts.
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Consider a host of items which cost a very small amount; buttons, clothes pegs, curtain rings and, as has been mentioned, pipe cleaners.
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Wooden clothes pegs are going out of fashion.
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He will maintain the tax on clothes pegs.
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How could we hang out a line of washing without clothes pegs?
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Among the items on which we relied as being deeply suspicious were clothes pegs because they can be used for making crude detonating devices, as everyone knows.
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What could we do without clothes pegs?
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Paragraph (r) refers to baths, washtubs, washboards, ironing boards, shields and stands for smoothing irons or pressing irons, clothes line posts, clothes pegs, clothes props and clothes irons.
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