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2. Hills Hoist - Wikipedia

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   A Hills Hoist is a height-adjustable rotary clothes line, designed to permit the compact hanging of wet clothes so that their maximum area can be exposed for wind drying by rotation. They are considered one of Australia's most recognisable icons , and are used frequently by artists as a metaphor for Australian suburbia in the 1950s and 1960s.

3. Overhead clothes airer - Wikipedia

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   Modern hanging clothes horse with pulley system. An overhead clothes airer, also known variously as a ceiling clothes airer, laundry airer, pulley airer, laundry rack, or laundry pulley, is a ceiling-mounted mechanism to dry clothes. It is also known as, in the North of England, a creel and in Scotland, a pulley.

4. Clothes hanger - Wikipedia

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   The first is the wire hanger, which has a simple loop of wire, most often steel, [citation needed] in a flattened triangle shape that continues into a hook at the top. The second is the wooden hanger, which consists of a flat piece of wood cut into a boomerang -like shape with the edges sanded down to prevent damage to the clothing, and a hook ...

5. Rickrack - Wikipedia

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   It is used as a decorative element in clothes or curtains. [2] Before the prevalence of sewing machines and overlockers , rickrack was used to provide a finished edge to fabric, [ 3 ] and its popularity was in part due to its sturdiness and ability to stand up to harsh washing conditions. [ 4 ]

6. Jiffy Steamer - Wikipedia

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   The concept was later applied to the J-2 garment steamer, a larger version of the J-1 hat steamer that included a clothing rack. This product was aimed at the clothing industry to provide a way of removing wrinkles. The company now offers upgraded versions of the original J-2 clothes steamers, including the J-2000 steamer and several variants ...

7. Clothes horse - Wikipedia

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   A clothes horse. A clothes horse is a portable frame upon which wet laundry is hung to dry by evaporation.The frame is usually made of wood, [1] metal or plastic. It is a cheap low-tech piece of laundry equipment, as opposed to a clothes dryer, which requires electricity to operate, or a Hills Hoist, which requires ample space, wind and fine weather.