clip-clop
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of clip-clop
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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No more would the familiar clip-clop echo over the cobbles.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023
But with Grupo Frontera working, he returns to the clip-clop beat and chorus of the cumbia — another strategic alliance certified.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023
Horses carrying Mexican American cowboys known as charros clip-clop along a network of park trails.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2021
Maybe a muffled sigh, a distant clip-clop of horses or an embroiderer’s “tsk tsk.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2019
Soon the street sounds receded, leaving only the rumble of trains and the hollow clip-clop of an occasional horse.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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