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ladyclocks

ladyclocks is the plural of ladyclock.

Meaning of ladyclock

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

Questions about ladyclocks

What is ladyclocks the plural of?
Ladyclocks is the plural of ladyclock.

Words near ladyclocks in the dictionary

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

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