grandmother's clock
grandmother's clock
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Definition of grandmother's clock words
- noun grandmother's clock a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter. 1
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Origin of grandmother's clock
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25
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Parts of speech for Grandmother's clock
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
grandmother's clock popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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