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clothes-horse (n.)
[clothes-horse 词源字典]
also
clothes horse
, "upright wooden frame for hanging clothes to dry," 1788, from
clothes
+
horse
(n.). Figurative sense of "person whose sole function seems to be to show off clothes" is 1850.
[clothes-horse etymology, clothes-horse origin, 英语词源]