clicketty-clack en · NOUN
Meanings
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A clicking, clacking sound, as of horse hooves on a pavement.
She drew aside off the road because of the clicketty-clack of horse and cart behind her, but the cart pulled up and a voice said, "Hallo, Cora, want a lift?"
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clicketty-clacks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |