clockweight

English

(noun sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *klokkosder.?
Early Medieval Latin cloccader.
Old Northern French cloquebor.
Old Dutch *klokka
Middle Dutch clockebor.
Middle English clokke
English clock
English weight
English clockweight

    From clock + weight.

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    Noun

    clockweight (plural clockweights)

    1. Any of the weights that regulate the mechanism of a clock.
    2. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.

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