Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Colchester clocks
subs. (streets’).—A breed of large oysters.
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1865. Daily Telegraph, 13 Sept. For the big, uncompromising COLCHESTER CLOCK, which we see on stalls and shudder at, with unlimited vinegar and pepper, the East-ender willingly gives his penny.
