Lexicographical Neighbors of Clipe
Literary usage of Clipe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"A clipe of a boy.' clipes, sb. tongs for holding stones when being lifted by a
winch. Clish-ma-claver, .*!i. silly talk; nonsense. ..."
2. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"A clipe of a hoy.' clipes, sb. tongs for holding stones when heing lifted hy a
winch. Clish-ma-claver, sb. silly talk; nonsense. ..."
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