walker's clay
/ˌwɔːkəz ˈkleɪ/Now rare
noun
= fuller's earth.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From the genitive of walker, variant of waulker + clay. In some forms from walker + clay.
- cutover
- cut-price
- cutpurse
- cut-rate
- cutscene
- cut someone dead
- cut someone down to size
- cut someone in
- cut someone off
- cut someone off (or down) in their prime
- cut someone out
- cut someone some slack
- cut someone/thing loose (or free)
- cut someone/thing short
- cut someone to pieces
- cut someone to the quick
- cut someone up
- cut something down to size
- cut something off
- cutter
- cut the cackle
- cut the corner
- cut the crap
- cut the Gordian knot
- cut the ground from under someone's feet