Clough
noun
Arthur Hugh, 1819–61, English poet.
Clough
American
[kluhf]
/ klʌf /
noun
Clough
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British
/ klʌf /
noun
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Arthur Hugh. 1819–61, British poet, author of Amours de Voyage (1858) and Dipsychus (1865)
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Brian. 1935–2004, English footballer and manager
clough
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British
/ klʌf /
noun
Etymology
Origin of clough
Old English clōh
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Officers PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, died at the scene.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
PC Blades and his colleague PC Tom Clough died in a head-on collision between their police car and a vehicle going the wrong way on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on 22 August.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
It was told PC Blades was identified by his wife and PC Clough by his partner.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough were the two police officers who died in the crash.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The same movement visible in the poetry of Arnold and Clough may be detected still moulding and modifying the works of Tennyson.
From The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker
A considerable circuit had to be made before the bottom of the clough could be reached, and then the whole tragedy was revealed.
From A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales by Sir Charles L. (Charles Lawrence) Young
With a feeling of angry disappointment, Richard was about to turn back, when a large black greyhound came from out an adjoining clough, and made towards him.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
And he made towards the clough, as if with the intention of putting his words into execution.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
The road turns off sharply inland at Vitt, a tiny fisher-hamlet we came upon unexpectedly, hidden in a deep clough.
From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth von Arnim
It stands on t'other side o' the lake, on the level wi' a deal o' a'ad trees behint and aside it at the gap o' the clough, under the pike o' Maiden Fells.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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