Definitions for clock-watcher

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Clock-Watcher is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 843 anagrams from letters in clock-watcher (-acccehklortw).

Definitions for clock-watcher

noun

1. an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
2. any person who watches the time closely, as in expectation of some news or event.

Origin of clock-watcher

First recorded in 1885-90

Examples for clock-watcher

He was no respecter of time, neither did he emulate his military colleague in being a clock-watcher.

That was one day when the best company man became a clock-watcher.

Larner was anything but a clock-watcher, but on a certain bright day in June he was seated in his laboratory doing just that.