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  • noun A longcase clock.

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Examples

  • Lord Palumbo also denied knowing about a longcase clock by Quare, according to the court documents, although the claimants had discovered a clock of this description was sold in 1993 for £94,000.

    Palumbo children accuse father of extravagance as family feud resumes Mark Hollingsworth 2010

  • Above all, there was quiet—he could hear the well-modulated ticking of the longcase clock in the hallway.

    The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

  • Above all, there was quiet—he could hear the well-modulated ticking of the longcase clock in the hallway.

    The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

  • In the clocks section, two George III repeating bracket clocks by Robson, London and Charles Clay of London, both from a Shrewsbury vendor, sold for £4,200 and £3,100 respectively, whilst a 20th century eight day chiming longcase clock £2,000.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • Above all, there was quiet—he could hear the well-modulated ticking of the longcase clock in the hallway.

    The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

  • They laughed and with one final twitch at her skirt, she followed them downstairs just as the longcase clock in the hall struck three.

    A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007

  • They laughed and with one final twitch at her skirt, she followed them downstairs just as the longcase clock in the hall struck three.

    A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007

  • For a moment he fancied he heard an echo of the kitchen clock, then traced the insistent ticking to a longcase clock half hidden in an alcove beneath the stairs.

    Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996

  • For a moment he fancied he heard an echo of the kitchen clock, then traced the insistent ticking to a longcase clock half hidden in an alcove beneath the stairs.

    Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996

  • For a moment he fancied he heard an echo of the kitchen clock, then traced the insistent ticking to a longcase clock half hidden in an alcove beneath the stairs.

    Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996

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