"ladyclock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ladyclocks [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from lady cloak. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ladyclock (plural ladyclocks)
  1. (Scotland, dated) A ladybird. Tags: Scotland, dated Categories (lifeform): Beetles
    Sense id: en-ladyclock-en-noun-6zqU~u5V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Beetles",
          "orig": "en:Beetles",
          "parents": [
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "You're not turning your head to look after more moths, are you? That was only a lady-clock, child, 'flying away home.'",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A ladybird."
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        "(Scotland, dated) A ladybird."
      ],
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        "Scotland",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ladyclock"
}
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from lady cloak.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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  "senses": [
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        "English terms with quotations",
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          "ref": "1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:",
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        }
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        "(Scotland, dated) A ladybird."
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        "Scotland",
        "dated"
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}

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