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Thank you kindly. No, not quite the mechanical elegance of the spring-action clothespin. But is the one-piece kind easier on the nasal cartilage? (Do please advise. We have elections so frequently in California...)

This is probably what's known as TMI (too much information). Clothes pins in America usually come in two forms, the ones that have three parts (two sticks in a spring); and the ones that have only one part (the carved wooden object makes a perfect doll if dressed). Dressing a clothes pin doll was what crafters did - or do - with little scraps of leftover fabric. Is anyone still doing this?

This is probably what's known as TMI (too much information). Clothes pins in America usually come in two forms, the ones that have three parts (two sticks in a spring); and the ones that have only one part (the carved wooden object makes a perfect doll if dressed). Dressing a clothes pin doll was what crafters did - or do - with little scraps of leftover fabric. Is anyone still doing this?

Sorry for doubling up.

Yes, clothespin dolls are still being made; and if you use PayPal there's still time to order for the next holiday.

Pin seems inaccurate. I may start calling them clothespegs.

Yep, a nosepeg is simply an oldfashioned one piece clothespeg (the British word for clothespin, and yes we have both types too) pressed into metaphorical service to keep out the stink of doing something revolting but unavoidable. Ie, voting for Labour even though everyone hates them, because the alternative is WORSE.

I'm told that at the last French presidential elections, people were banned from holding their noses when they went in to vote for Chirac (because it sort of represented political campaigning and that isn't allowed inside French polling stations). But I don't know if it's true.