long-case clock

[ lawng-keys, long- ]

noun

1. tall-case clock.

Example Sentences

At the parsonage the dissonance swells alarmingly — a long-case clock, spectacles — until, on Page 22, Fairfax stumbles over the dead priest’s secret, a stash of forbidden ancient artifacts that includes 21st-century pound notes and an iPhone.

From New York Times

There was also a clock of Boston make on the Old South Meeting House sometime before 1768; and Gawen Brown, who made it, also made a long-case clock for the Massachusetts State House.

From Project Gutenberg

"Did he make the long-case clock, too?" asked Christopher.

From Project Gutenberg

It was perhaps four feet tall—an exact replica of a long-case clock.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, it was that same pendulum principle carried to greater perfection and now scientifically applied which made the present grandfather, or long-case, clock possible.

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