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- adjective
wag-at-the-wall
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Examples
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A plain wag-on-the-wall clock, its long pendulum measuring the moments with unrelenting reliability.
The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997
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After she was gone, Jesse stood for a long time listening to the wag-on-the-wall clock ticking away the moments.
The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997
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Only too often, alas, this part of the contract was never carried out and the unfortunate _wag-on-the-wall_
Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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"The old wag-on-the-wall, and in many instances even the grandfather clock was consigned to the ash heap, and the pillar clock became the only clock worth having.
Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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