a clock that goes for eight days without winding up.
| Example | Meaning |
Speaker: (Laughs) These two lads mated up and they ah- there was a clock. An eight-day clock sitting right close to the telephone and when she took the receiver off, you'd hear the clock going, "Tick, tick, tick, tick." Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: You knew she was on the line. And they said (coughs)- one lad asked the other, "You got any butter?" He said, "Yes." "Give Missus-so-and-so a pound and tell her to grease her arse and get off the line." [1:00:09.2] (Laughs) Interviewer: (Laughs) Did she put the phone down? Speaker: (Laughs) I don't know, I wasn't involved at the time. Speaker 2: (Laughs) Interviewer: Now what in- what is an eight-day clock, Wesley? Speaker: One of those up there. Speaker 2: You wind it once a week but that one's not- Speaker: You wind it on-- once every eight days. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: Yeah. Speaker 2: Put a key in it, wind- Interviewer: Wind it up. |
a clock that goes for eight days without winding up. |
| Example | Meaning |
Well, we had a eight-day clock, one that you wound up. |
a clock that goes for eight days without winding up. |
