wire hanger

Bent metal loop

A wire hanger is a thin, bent piece of wire shaped to hold clothing, the cheapest and flimsiest type of clothes hanger.

Dry cleaners return garments on wire hangers, which tend to accumulate: The closet was full of wire hangers.

Their flexibility makes them useful for improvised tasks—fishing objects from drains, unlocking car doors.

In the film *Mommie Dearest*, Joan Crawford's rage at finding wire hangers became an iconic scene of parental abuse.

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G