clock-watcher

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clock-watcher

someone -- a worker or a student -- who is always looking at the clock, anticipating when something will be over. There are four clock-watchers in our office. People who don't like their jobs can turn into clockwatchers.

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What they find most difficult is coming to terms with civilian clock-watchers and poor timekeepers. Soldiers face new battle in civvy street by The Journal (Newcastle, England) More importantly, though, was his run at Newmarket last time in a race that had the clock-watchers drooling. 14-1 Rayhani to rattle home on fast surface; PRICEWISE by The Racing Post (London, England) He said he was divorced but while he would always stay and have a drink and a chat with me, he was a bit of a clock-watcher and never stayed much past 10. NEXT WEEK'S PROBLEM .. by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			climb down climb on climb on high horse climb out climb the wall climb up climbing the walls cling cling on on by fingernails cling on on by your fingertips cling to cling together clip clip from clip on clip out of clip wings cloak cloak in secrecy cloak-and-dagger clock clock at clock in clock out clock up clock-watcher clockwork clog clog up clog with close close a deal close a sale close around close as two coats of paint close at hand close call close chewer and a tight spitter close down close down and shut down close enough for government work close enough to use the same toothpick close eyes to close in close in for the kill close off close on Close only counts in horseshoes close out close out of close ranks			clock tick clock time clock time clock time Clock Time Counter clock tower clock tower Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster Clock towers clock track Clock Tree Synthesis clock tripling clock up clock up Clock wars clock watch clock watcher Clock work Clock work Clock works Clock works Clock, Astronomical Clock, Astronomical Clock-Controlled Shift Register clock-doubled Clock-face Clock-Synchronous Serial IO clock-tripled clock-watch clock-watcher clock-watchers clock-watchers clock-watching clock-watching Clock/calendar Clock/calendar Clock/calendar clocked clocked clocked clocked Clocked CMOS clocked flip-flop Clocked High Energy Firing Unit Clocked logic clocked out clocked out clocked out Clocked sequential system Clocked sequential systems clocker clocker clocker clocker Clockface clocking clocking clocking clocking clocking out

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