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ladyclock

ladyclock noun: a ladybird.

Noun

ladyclock (plural ladyclocks)

  1. (Scotland, dated) A ladybird.
    • You're not turning your head to look after more moths, are you? That was only a lady-clock, child, 'flying away home.'1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of ladyclock

pluralladyclocks

Origin of ladyclock

Possibly from lady cloak.

Questions about ladyclock

What does ladyclock mean?
Ladyclock means a ladybird.
What part of speech is ladyclock?
Ladyclock is a noun.
What is the plural of ladyclock?
The plural of ladyclock is ladyclocks.

Words near ladyclock in the dictionary

  1. ladybug
  2. ladybugs
  3. Ladyburn
  4. ladycation
  5. ladycations
  6. ladyclock
  7. ladyclocks
  8. ladycow
  9. ladycows
  10. Ladyday
  11. Ladydays

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