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common clay

common clay noun: the ordinary, run-of-the-mill people.

Noun

common clay (uncountable)

  1. The ordinary, run-of-the-mill people.
    • "It is the privilege of the original thinker to put forward ideas which are new and usually unwelcome to the common clay."1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed

Questions about common clay

What does common clay mean?
Common clay means the ordinary, run-of-the-mill people.
What part of speech is common clay?
Common clay is a noun.

Words near common clay in the dictionary

  1. common chinchillas
  2. common chipmunk
  3. common chipmunks
  4. common chord
  5. common chords
  6. common clay
  7. common clothes moth
  8. common clothes moths
  9. common cockchafer
  10. common cockchafers
  11. common cold

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