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Definition of dandelion clock in English: dandelion clocknoun British The downy spherical seed head of a dandelion. Example sentencesExamples - From the grass and dandelion clock (a visual joke) in the background the reader grasps the rabbit as rather larger than normal bunny size: about the size of a toddler or small child, perhaps.
- His hair is grey and frothy, like a dandelion clock, but he carries his turbulent past and 66 years lightly.
- Its head looks like a dandelion clock, from which flows a long tail which broadens and splits about a degree or so along its length.
- But it disappeared quickly, that top layer of irritation, blown away by the sea breezes as easily as the wind blows the fluff from a dandelion clock.
- Who too has not, as a child, picked a dandelion clock and blown away the seeds while making a wish?
Origin From the child's game of blowing away the seeds to find out what time it is. |