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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1787, 1880
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†CLOCKIE, Clockey, n. Clockmaker; an itinerant seller of clocks. [′klɔk]Sc. c.1787 Merry Muses (ed. Burns) 89:
Yon coachman Dow and clockie Brown, Baith residenters in this town.Lnk. 1880 Cld. Readings (Short) 127:
An account is made oot, an instalment is tabled, the "ticker" hung up, an' "clockey" dodges on his way.
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