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  • noun Alternative spelling of time killer.

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Examples

  • So, she must remember how much everything costs or she'll be calling for price-checks half the day, which, although a good time-killer, is not worth it since it makes everyone involved mad.

    check-out at the super saver center Melissa Corliss DeLorenzo 2011

  • Even though this week's episode, "Missing," was essentially a time-killer, as Linden and her ex-meth-head partner Stephen Holder Joel Kinnaman took a time out from investigating the Rosie Larsen murder to search for her missing teenage son, Enos didn't hit a false note.

    Cheers & Jeers: Mireille Enos is Killing It! 2011

  • Online social networking is more than a time-killer, say some Rochester attorneys, who also use it increasingly as a marketing tool.

    New York Lawyers Networking Online 2009

  • Whereupon, realizing that there too lay madness, I forewent the squaring of the circle, although I assure you it required a considerable sacrifice on my part, for the mental exercise involved was a splendid time-killer.

    Chapter 5 2010

  • Online social networking is more than a time-killer, say some Rochester attorneys, who also use it increasingly as a marketing tool.

    Sui Generis--a New York law blog 2009

  • Online social networking is more than a time-killer, say some Rochester attorneys, who also use it increasingly as a marketing tool.

    Sui Generis--a New York law blog: 2009

  • Twitter is fun, but unlike blogs, which take up way too much of my time, both reading and writing one, and Facebook, which keeps me modestly in touch with people I would not otherwise be modestly in touch with, Twitter is just a time-killer.

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » 92% Useless 2010

  • Even though this week's episode, "Missing," was essentially a time-killer, as Linden and her ex-meth-head partner Stephen Holder Joel Kinnaman took a time out from investigating the Rosie Larsen murder to search for her missing teenage son, Enos didn't hit a false note.

    Cheers & Jeers: Mireille Enos is Killing It! 2011

  • If this film took the ironic stance of Van Damme's last film, "JCVD", it may not be a bad time-killer.

    GIVEAWAY: 'Universal Soldier: Regeneration' On Blu-ray And DVD 2010

  • Online social networking is more than a time-killer, say some Rochester attorneys, who also use it increasingly as a marketing tool.

    Law & Technology 2009

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