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clicketty-clacks

clicketty-clacks is the plural of clicketty-clack.

Meaning of clicketty-clack

Noun

clicketty-clack (plural clicketty-clacks)

  1. 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

Questions about clicketty-clacks

What is clicketty-clacks the plural of?
Clicketty-clacks is the plural of clicketty-clack.

Words near clicketty-clacks in the dictionary

  1. clicketing
  2. clickets
  3. clicketted
  4. clicketting
  5. clicketty-clack
  6. clicketty-clacks
  7. clickety
  8. clickety click
  9. clickety clicks
  10. clickety-clack
  11. clickety-clacks

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