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clock-watchers

clock-watchers is the plural of clock-watcher.

Meaning of clock-watcher

Noun

clock-watcher (plural clock-watchers)

  1. A person who is eager for time to pass (e.g., at work or school), especially when faced with an undesirable task.
    • The teacher had a heart-to-heart talk with the student who was a clock-watcher, stressing the importance of putting his mind to his schoolwork.

Questions about clock-watchers

What is clock-watchers the plural of?
Clock-watchers is the plural of clock-watcher.

Words near clock-watchers in the dictionary

  1. clock-jobber
  2. clock-jobbers
  3. clock-watch
  4. clock-watched
  5. clock-watcher
  6. clock-watchers
  7. clock-watches
  8. clock-watching
  9. clockability
  10. clockable
  11. clockbird

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