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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small clock-tower.
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The central tower is surmounted by an ornate clock-turret dating from the second half of the 17th century.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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From this door a flagged footway crossed the quadrangle to the principal front, which was surmounted by an old-fashioned clock-turret.
Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Eliezer Edwards 1853
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