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clip-clop

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clip-clop
n
the sound made by a horse's hooves
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Noun1.clip-clop - the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping, clunking
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
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There's a woman selling sweets, a bookmaker or two setting up their boards in a desultory way, and away to the left comes the unmistakable heartbeat rhythm of a racecourse: clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop.
'There are no harassed coppers throwing drunken interlopers out. It ... by The Racing Post (London, England)
But, in recent years, they seem to have vanished from the face of Liverpool, as long-lost as the familiar clip-clop of Hansom cabs crossing Sefton Park in the winter mists .
Book early for 2009; MR BROCKLEBANK by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
BOX OFFICE SEX AND THE CITY Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda clip-clop onto the big screen in their designer shoes and silly handbags, for an instalment of love, romance, and steamy scenes.
FILMFLEX/BOX OFFICE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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