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Quotation dates: 1833
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CLOCKIEDOW, CLOCKIDOO, CLOKIEDOO, n. “The pearl oyster, found in rivers; synon. Horse-mussel. This seems to be merely a cant term” (Ayr., Upper Clydes. 1825 Jam.2). Cf. Clabbydhu, idem.Ayr. 1833 Galt The Chief iv. in Blackwood's Mag. (April) 510:
You may say so, Donald, but they are neither lampets nor clockidoos, though I must say that they have a look for whiteness, of cockles; ou aye, they're just cockles of a Lowland breed.
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