'Clothespins' are also known as 'clothes pins', 'clothes-pegs', 'clothes pegs' and 'pegs'. ... Traditional styled one piece clothespins are usually made of wood although they are sometimes made from plastic, and are often called 'dolly pegs', as they were, and still are, also used for making peg dolls.29 jun 2014
Why are pegs called Dolly pegs?
Evolution of the peg Traditionally, a clothes peg, or clothespin, was a very basic wooden stick carved with a slit in the end, which was simply pushed over the washing to fix it to the line, and was called a 'dolly peg'.
Why is it called a clothespin?
In England, clothes-peg making used to be a craft associated with the Romani people, commonly known by the slur gypsy, who made clothes-pegs from small, split lengths of willow or ash wood.
Why are PEGs called PEGs?
Some say fishermen first thought up pegs, to clip their nets to the rigging. But only one name emerges from the sea-fog, that of Jérémie Victor Opdebec, who took out a patent for the dolly peg in 1809, and of whom nothing else is known.22 dic 2016