grandfather clock

== English == === Alternative forms === grandfather's clock === Etymology === From an 1876 song, Grandfather's Clock, by American songwriter Henry Work, based on a clock in the George Hotel in Piercebridge, County Durham, England, which stopped keeping time after its owner died. === Noun === grandfather clock (plural grandfather clocks) A longcase clock. ==== Related terms ==== grandmother clock ==== Translations ==== === See also === floor clock