2. Verb. (third-person singular of clop) ¹
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Definition of Clops
1. clop [v] - See also: clop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clops
Literary usage of Clops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch (1905)
"THE CY-clops These were gi-ants, liv-ing by them-selves in their own band.
They were un-like oth-en gi-ants in that each had but one eye,—a round eye—right ..."
2. What Words Say: A Practical Analysis of Words : for Use in Elementary Schools by John Kennedy (1887)
"... f In Greek mythology the Cy 'clops were a race of giants inhabiting Sicily.
They were so called on account of having one great round (circular) eye ..."
3. Narrative of the Late Expedition to Syria: Under the Command of Admiral the by W. Patison Hunter (1842)
"... clops, and from Captain Robinson, commanding the detachment of royal marines;
and I beg to add, that I most fully concur in the encomiums they pass upon ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"It consists of a wooden collar (neck-rope}, similar to that of a yoke, and a
wooden latch or clasp (clops), conecting the ends of the collar above the cow's ..."
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