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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1872
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CLOCKER, n.2 “A beetle, especially one of the larger size” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.); “a cockroach” (Lnl.1 1936, Edb.3 1929), Blatta orientalis. [′klɔkər, ′klokər (Lnl.1)]Edb. 1872 J. Smith Jenny Blair's Maunderings (1881) 34–35:
A wheen spiders, clockers, an' twa-three discontented stragglers frae Lieutenant-General Bog's army.