clink-clank

Beachcombers hoping for a quiet stroll down the seaweed-strewn shores of Brownsea Island in the English Channel were in for a surprise earlier this month; in addition to the sounds of gentle waves lapping against the sand, they were greeted by the clink-clank of pickaxes and shouts of excited excavators.

DIGGING FOR TREASURE 2007

Mrs. Claus asked, raising her voice just a bit to be heard above the clink-clank of their duel.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

Mrs. Claus asked, raising her voice just a bit to be heard above the clink-clank of their duel.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

"Man the pumps!" cried the captain; when Uncle Jack lending a willing hand, the crew under his encouragement were soon working away steadily with a clink-clank, clink-clank, the water pouring out through the scuppers in a continuous stream.

Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle

From the beer-hall near by came the sound of music; over the pavement rattled a cart drawn by two weary dogs and followed by a yet wearier peasant-woman; with a brave clink-clank of spurs and sword strode by a brave lieutenant.

Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Various

Far away is the faint, familiar sound -- clink-clank, clink-clank -- of the man who tests the couplings.

Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914

Through it he heard the voice of the Counterpane Fairy counting on and on, and as she counted he heard, with her voice, another sound, -- at first very faintly, then more and more clearly: clink-clank! clink-clank! clink-clank!

The Counterpane Fairy Katharine Pyle 1900

"Salutation!" responded the officer, and with a reassuring nod and smile to the bewildered Alwyn, he gathered his little band around him, and they all marched off, the measured clink-clank of their footsteps making metallic music, as they wheeled round a corner and disappeared from sight.

Ardath Marie Corelli 1889

The next minute clink-clank came the strokes of the double-handled pump, invisible to me, for it was on the far side of the smoke which rose from the forward part of the deck.

Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea George Manville Fenn 1870

A few minutes after, and there was the ringing of a bell, the clink-clank of machinery; the wheel spun round in the other direction, and in due time the cage, as it was called, came to the surface; the group of men stepped in, and the signal for descent was about to be given, when one of the men exclaimed:

Son Philip George Manville Fenn 1870