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Definition of Grandfather clock
1. Noun. A pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case.
Definition of Grandfather clock
1. Noun. A longcase clock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandfather Clock
Literary usage of Grandfather clock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Antique Furniture by Frederick William Burgess (1915)
"Quite recently a connoisseur of old furniture bought a grandfather clock in a
town in one of the Eastern counties of England, and returned home well ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"—Mahoganies change ; my grandfather's clock and the blooming widow down the middle
and up the outside ; down the outside and up the middle ; bless her ! how ..."
3. Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture by Arthur Hayden (1912)
"The progression of styles of eighteenth- century grandfather clock cases is from
plain ... The mahogany-cased grandfather clock is never found in cottages. ..."
4. The Plan Book by Marian Minnie George (1897)
"Mr. Longfellow had in his home a " grandfather's clock. ... Mr. Longfellow wrote
a poem about a " grandfather's clock" that he had seen ..."
5. Collecting as a Pastime by Charles Rowed (1920)
"THE oak tree was an acorn once," and so was the case of my first grandfather clock.
Quite by chance in 1902, I noticed in a shop window a brass dial bearing ..."
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