Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A watch which strikes the hours, like a clock.

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Examples

  • "Well, I can't clock-watch, can I?" she coaxed, anxious for him to be good-humoured.

    Heidelberg Wedding Neels, Betty 1984

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