yard of clay

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yard of clay

noun yards of clay

  1. archaic, slang A long pipe for smoking; a churchwarden pipe. "Inside these illuminated holes, at a distance of about three inches, were ranged at this hour, as every passer knew, the ruddy polls of Billy Wills the glazier, Smart the shoe-maker, Buzzford the general dealer, and others of a secondary set of worthies, of a grade somewhat below that of the diners

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@misc{yard_of_clay_2026,
  title = {yard of clay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yard%20of%20clay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}