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secret weapon of the laundromats.
A clothes-pin (also C47,
bullet, clothes peg, or just peg) is a fastener used to
hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line.
Pegs often come in many different designs.
Today, many pegs are manufactured very cheaply by creating
two interlocking plastic or wooden prongs, which in between
is often wedged a small spring. This design was invented
by David M. Smith of Springfield, Vermont, in 1853. By
a lever action, when the two prongs are pinched at the
top of the peg, the prongs open up, and when released,
the spring draws the two prongs shut, creating the action
necessary for gripping.
Cleanliness is the absence of dirt, including dust, stains,
bad smells and clutter. Purposes of cleanliness include
health, beauty, absence of offensive odor, avoidance of
shame, and to avoid the spreading of dirt and contaminants
to oneself and others. In the case of glass objects such
as windows or windshields, the purpose can also be transparency.
Washing is one way of achieving cleanliness, usually with
water and often some kind of soap or detergent. In more
recent times, since the germ theory of disease, it has
also come to mean an absence of germs and other hazardous
materials. In industry, certain processes such as those
related to integrated circuit manufacturing, require conditions
of exceptionally immaculate cleanliness which are achieved
by working in cleanrooms... |
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