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carriage clock

carriage clock noun: a small clock with a carrying handle, originally designed for travelling.

carriage clock: a small clock with a carrying handle, originally designed for travelling
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Noun

carriage clock (plural carriage clocks)

  1. A small clock with a carrying handle, originally designed for travelling.
    • It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
    • Cheshire-based Cottrills has decided to drop carriage clocks from its range. It sold 200 in 2004 but this year has only seen one order.2006 February 24, “Time runs out for carriage clock”, in BBC News

Forms of carriage clock

pluralcarriage clocks

Questions about carriage clock

What does carriage clock mean?
Carriage clock means a small clock with a carrying handle, originally designed for travelling.
What part of speech is carriage clock?
Carriage clock is a noun.
What is the plural of carriage clock?
The plural of carriage clock is carriage clocks.

Words near carriage clock in the dictionary

  1. Carriacouans
  2. carriage
  3. carriage and pair
  4. carriage bolt
  5. carriage bolts
  6. carriage clock
  7. carriage clocks
  8. carriage control character
  9. carriage control characters
  10. carriage dog
  11. carriage dogs

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