ladyclock

noun

ladyclock

noun

Etymology Possibly from lady cloak.

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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. An Autobiography. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:

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