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bum-clock

noun

Etymology

From bum + clock, from bum (“to buzz”) and clock (“type of beetle”).

  1. derived from *klek-✻
  2. derived from *klokkos✻
  3. derived from clocca
  4. derived from clocke
  5. inherited from clokke
  6. compounded as bum-clock — “bum + clock”

Definitions

  1. A drone-beetle.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA