clippety-clop

noun

clip·​pe·​ty-clop

¦klipetē¦kläp

plural -s

: a rhythmic usually repeated sound resembling a clip-clop but having one or two more beats in its basic rhythm

the clippety-clop of the horse and hansom cab going by

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