Yes, 7 tolls of the clock
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RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 4 months agoI recently learned that the word clock originally ment bell or bell chime. It’s related to the German word Glocke. So 7 o’clock = 7 bongs…
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
madjo@feddit.nl 4 months ago
And the o’ in o’clock means “of the clock”
vateso5074@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Makes sense then why “clock” still has the additional meaning of “to hit.” Like “I clocked him on the head.”
FishFace@piefed.social 4 months ago
From etymonline:
The slang sense of “hit, sock” is 1941, originally Australian, probably from earlier slang clock (n.) “face” (1923).
So probably not.
antsu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Hello there, fellow Rob Words enjoyer.