Definition of Clothes hamper

1. Noun. A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried.

Exact synonyms: Clothes Basket, Laundry Basket, Voider
Generic synonyms: Hamper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clothes Hamper

clothe
clothed
clothes
clothes-brush
clothes-brushes
clothes-maiden
clothes-peg
clothes-pegs
clothes-shop
clothes basket
clothes closet
clothes designer
clothes don't make the man
clothes drier
clothes dryer
clothes hamper (current term)
clothes hanger
clothes hangers
clothes line
clothes lines
clothes maiden
clothes moth
clothes peg
clothes pegs
clothes pin
clothes shop
clothes shops
clothes tree
clothes trees
clothes valet

Literary usage of Clothes hamper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston (1921)
"Bowls enamel 2 qts. enamel 6 qts. large for starching Brushes fringe scrubbing spotting Case knife Cheesecloth Clothes-basket Clothes-hamper Clothes-horse ..."

2. Readers' Theater Grade 3 by Evan-Moor (DST), Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Barbara Linde, Lynn McClain (2003)
"Narrator 1: As Chuck reaches into the clothes hamper, he feels a tug on his arm. Suddenly, he is pulled into the hamper! He falls deeper and deeper into the ..."

3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... dropping bedding and clothing into a great clothes-hamper, and, later, gathered from the pantry and cellar shelves, fruit, bread, butter, hams, bacon, ..."

4. History of Colorado by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)
"... he made his escape and hid in the house of a friend, taking refuge in a clothes hamper in a closet, over which a number of clothes were hanging. ..."

5. From Kitchen to Garret by Virginia Terhune Van de Water (1910)
"And what impressed me as the greatest triumph of all, the soiled-clothes hamper had vanished, and its contents had been transferred to bureau-drawers. ..."

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