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Act of Parliament clocks

Act of Parliament clocks is the plural of Act of Parliament clock.

Meaning of Act of Parliament clock

Noun

Act of Parliament clock (plural Act of Parliament clocks)

  1. (UK, historical) A large clock, once hung in inns, erroneously thought to derive from a tax on clocks.

Questions about Act of Parliament clocks

What is Act of Parliament clocks the plural of?
Act of Parliament clocks is the plural of Act of Parliament clock.

Words near Act of Parliament clocks in the dictionary

  1. act of faith
  2. act of God
  3. act of independent significance
  4. act of parliament
  5. Act of Parliament clock
  6. Act of Parliament clocks
  7. act of sederunt
  8. act of war
  9. act on
  10. act one's age
  11. act one's age, not one's shoe size

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