: a device which is shaped like the outline of a person's shoulders and over which garments may be hung
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe current de facto image of a wire coat hanger with a line through it — referencing illicit abortions performed with household objects — is not going to be enough in this new world. Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 29 June 2022 Make a temporary hook from a metal coat hanger by using pliers to cut off the angled wire on one side and to shorten the other side to 10 inches or so.Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022 A century later, in 1997, six VMI freshmen were beaten with a belt — and once with a coat hanger — on their legs and buttocks by seniors about three times a week for one month.Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2021 Entry was gained by someone who used a coat hanger to get into a Honda CRV and used the garage door opener in the car to get into the locked garage and then the van.chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2021 Ai’s influences in New York included Jasper Johns and Marcel Duchamp, a profile of whom Ai fashioned out of a wire coat hanger. Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2021 The gate, locked only with a metal coat hanger, allowed easy access to the avocado tree. Edwidge Danticat, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 The gate, locked only with a metal coat hanger, allowed easy access to the avocado tree. Edwidge Danticat, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020 One guy had like a coat hanger and [makes wooing ghost sound]. Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 See More