black clock en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Yorkshire) the black beetle.
BLACK CLOCKS, 1, blackbeetles. "There's noa end o' black clocks i' t' hoil."
1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in use at Wakefield in Yorkshire, Wakefield: J.R.Smith, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| black clocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |