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clockwinder

clockwinder noun: a person employed to wind up clocks.

Noun

clockwinder (plural clockwinders)

  1. A person employed to wind up clocks.
    • So far, the palace has refused to make a statement about the incorrigible corgis. However, sources believe the feisty snappers have already wounded guardsmen, policemen, footmen and the royal clockwinder.1988 December 20, “Queen's pooches seeing a shrink after nipping spree”, in Weekly World News, page 13
    • Buckingham Palace has more than 600 rooms. Margaret claimed to know more than 400 of them through following the official clock-winder around the palace to satisfy her curiosity.2002, Noel Botham, Margaret - The Last Real Princess

Forms of clockwinder

pluralclockwinders

Questions about clockwinder

What does clockwinder mean?
Clockwinder means a person employed to wind up clocks.
What part of speech is clockwinder?
Clockwinder is a noun.
What is the plural of clockwinder?
The plural of clockwinder is clockwinders.

Words near clockwinder in the dictionary

  1. clockwatchers
  2. clockwatches
  3. clockwatching
  4. clockweight
  5. clockweights
  6. clockwinder
  7. clockwinders
  8. clockwise
  9. clockwisely
  10. clockwiseness
  11. clockwork

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