"yard of clay" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yards of clay [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|yards of clay}} yard of clay (plural yards of clay)
  1. (slang, archaic) A long pipe for smoking; a churchwarden pipe. Tags: archaic, slang Categories (topical): Smoking

Inflected forms

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