clothesbrush

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See also: clothes-brush and clothes brush

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Etymology

From clothes +‎ brush.

Noun

clothesbrush (plural clothesbrushes)

  1. A brush for the clothes.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      Its removal revealed another case covered with dust. This we extracted from the iron chest without any difficulty, and removed the accumulated filth of years from it with a clothes-brush.
    • 1941, Consumers' research bulletin annual, page 218:
      Probably the most effective clothesbrushes are those with fairly stiff bristles, about 3/4 to 1 in. long, with tufts set 1/5 in. (preferably 1/4 in.) or more apart.

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