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If I die before you, don't put me in one of those black carts I don't think I could put you into anything," Helen said with simple fervour Then you'd have to mummify me and stick me up in the hall beside the grandfather clock, and you'd think the ticking was my heart There are hearts beating all over the house now," Helen said.

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  1. noun A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.

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  • The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is becoming extremely dangerous and can only be described as a ticking NUCLEAR BOMB. —  MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory
  • "We heard a ticking, a steady noise, but it could be water, or noise from a refrigerator," he said.
  • The independent Ofsted report would later criticise her department for excessive box-ticking, and emphasis on numbers and targets. —  British Blogs
  • But just like most of those forgotten media-manufactured celebrities who became "famous for being famous", the clock is now ticking, and the real question is whether Sarah Palin deserves more than fifteen minutes of America's time. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • The clock is ticking, and once the alarm sounds all will be lost. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
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  1. Verbal noun of tick, v.
  2. from tick + -ing.
 

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/ˈtɪkɪŋ/
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