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the clock around

the clock around adverb: synonym of around the clock.

Adverb

the clock around (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Synonym of around the clock.
    • In the past three days various interesting things have taken place. Margaret stands watch and watch with me, day and night, the clock around; for there is no one of our retainers to whom we can entrust the responsibility of a watch.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLV

Synonyms of the clock around

Questions about the clock around

What does the clock around mean?
The clock around means synonym of around the clock.
What part of speech is the clock around?
The clock around is an adverb.

Words near the clock around in the dictionary

  1. The Charltons
  2. the chickens come home to roost
  3. the chuff
  4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  5. the city of a thousand windows
  6. the clock around
  7. the closet is glass
  8. the closet is made of glass
  9. the coast is clear
  10. the cobbler always wears the worst shoes
  11. the cobbler's children are the worst shod

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