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Grandfather clock   /grˈændfˌɑðər klɑk/   Listen
Grandfather clock

noun
1.
A pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case.  Synonym: longcase clock.






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"Grandfather clock" Quotes from Famous Books



... swing mirror, with its scroll frame of tarnished gilt, was in the window corner, and opposite it was the old chest of drawers. The cupboard was set up in a corner, and beside it stood the spinning-wheel from the kitchen loft. The big grandfather clock, which had always stood in the hall below was carried up, and two platters of blue willow-ware were set up over the mantel. Above them was hung the faded sampler that Grandma Sheldon had worked ninety years ago when she ...
— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... 2.3 from town. It gets in at 3.37, and I walked over from the station. It's only a mile. (At this point he looks at the grandfather clock in the corner, and the audience, following his eyes, sees that it is seven minutes to four, which appears delightfully natural.) I came to tell Larkspur to sell Bungoes. ...
— The Sunny Side • A. A. Milne



Words linked to "Grandfather clock" :   shell, longcase clock, case, pendulum clock, casing



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