Are horquillas clothing pins?

Question

I grew up in the San Antonio Texas area I have always called clothing pins horquillas I am wrong? A lot of people in south texas think clothing pins are horquillas (

Answer 1

I always used horquillas for clothespins. Pins for the clothes are seguros (safe pins).

Answer 2

Clothespins = Pinzas para ropa

A cultural use of a word. Horquillas = forks, like the forks that hold the front wheel of a bicycle. The old fashion solid wooden clothespins, you can still find them, that did not use a spring looks like forks and may be where the use of the word originated within that culture.

Answer 3

horquilla-RAE

horquilla photos

Answer 4

Im confused help please

Answer 5

I always heard alfiler for a pin used with cloth. Unless you mean a clothespin (pinza). I thought an horquilla was a hairpin.