Clicketty-clack

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A clicking, clacking sound, as of horse hooves on a pavement.

    "She drew aside off the road because of the clicketty-clack of horse and cart behind her, but the cart pulled up and a voice said, "Hallo, Cora, want a lift?""

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"She drew aside off the road because of the clicketty-clack of horse and cart behind her, but the cart pulled up and a voice said, "Hallo, Cora, want a lift?""

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