Meanings
nounladyclock (plural ladyclocks)
plural ladyclocks
- ScotlanddatedA ladybird.
You're not turning your head to look after more moths, are you? That was only a lady-clock, child, 'flying away home.'
1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
Origin
Possibly from lady cloak.
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ladyclock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladyclock
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“ladyclock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladyclock. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ladyclock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladyclock.
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