yard of clay en · NOUN
Meanings
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(archaic, slang) A long pipe for smoking; a churchwarden pipe.
[…] he failed repeatedly until he took over his famous house in Haymarket, where for many years, surrounded by such admirers as Byron, Tom Moore and Hazlitt, he smoked his yard of clay, drained his glass of 'daffy', and […]
1954, Denzil Batchelor, Big Fight: The Story of World Championship Boxing, page 44:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yards of clay | Number=Plur | lexicographic |