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clifford
/ˈklɪfɚd/
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What does clifford mean?
proper noun
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A village and civil parish in west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2445).
More meanings (11)
proper noun
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4244).
- A community in the town of Minto, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
- A township in Butler County, Kansas.
- A village in Burlington Township, Lapeer County, Michigan.
- An extinct town in Polk County, Missouri.
- A minor city in Traill County, North Dakota.
- A township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in the towns of Somo, Lincoln County, Lynne, Oneida County and Knox, Price County, Wisconsin.
- A rural locality in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈklɪfɚd/
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Somehow Clifford got home, but landed in a wilted heap on the big couch, chalk-white, and sick beyond expression.
She had a sort of aesthetic ideal for Clifford which seemed to her a disinterested reason for taking him in hand.
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But Don and Clifford, sturdy little lads of five and seven, are already solemn-eyed and frightened at the hardness of life.
But Clifford, it seemed, though he did not make his appearance below stairs, had, after all, bestirred himself in quest of amusement.
From that night the riots may be said to have recommenced, and "Clifford and O. P." became the rallying cry of the party.