"black clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black clocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black clock (plural black clocks)
  1. (Yorkshire) the black beetle. Tags: Yorkshire Categories (lifeform): Cockroaches

Inflected forms

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