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单词 clock setter
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clock setter
clock setter n. a person who attends to or regulates a clock; (in later use esp.) an official who records times in pigeon-racing competitions.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > making or regulating > one who makes or regulates
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regular1513
clocksmith1556
clock setter1574
clock keeper1576
clockman1613
clock master1629
dialler1650
dialist1652
horologiographian1688
clock winder1720
horologiographer1727
horologist1798
timer1876
1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. N3 Fecknam is fast that was the clocke setter.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 250 Old Time the clocke setter, yt bald sexton Time.
1921 Referee (Sydney) 12 Jan. 9/3 As a clock setter and race secretary he has no equal in New South Wales.
2003 C. G. Herbert & R. A. W. Johnstone Mass Spectroscopy Basics (front matter) Chris..is chairman and clock setter for his local pigeon-flying club.
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