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yards of clay

yards of clay is the plural of yard of clay.

Meaning of yard of clay

Noun

yard of clay (plural yards of clay)

  1. (archaic, slang) A long pipe for smoking; a churchwarden pipe.
    • […] he failed repeatedly until he took over his famous house in Haymarket, where for many years, surrounded by such admirers as Byron, Tom Moore and Hazlitt, he smoked his yard of clay, drained his glass of 'daffy', and […]1954, Denzil Batchelor, Big Fight: The Story of World Championship Boxing, page 44

Questions about yards of clay

What is yards of clay the plural of?
Yards of clay is the plural of yard of clay.

Words near yards of clay in the dictionary

  1. yardroom
  2. yardrope
  3. yardropes
  4. yards
  5. yards of ale
  6. yards of clay
  7. yards of land
  8. yards of satin
  9. yardsale
  10. yardsales
  11. yardsman

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