grandfather clock

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A longcase clock

Etymology

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

grandfather clock (plural grandfather clocks)

  1. A longcase clock.

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