grandfather clock
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Etymology
[edit]From an 1876 song, Grandfather's Clock, by American songwriter Henry Work, based on a clock in the George Hotel, Yorkshire, England, which stopped keeping time after its owner died.
Noun
[edit]grandfather clock (plural grandfather clocks)
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pendulum clock
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