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单词 clockman
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clockman
clockman n. a man who makes, mends, or winds clocks.Now chiefly in historical contexts.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > making or regulating > one who makes or regulates
clockmaker1374
horologer1496
regular1513
clocksmith1556
clock setter1574
clock keeper1576
clockman1613
clock master1629
dialler1650
dialist1652
horologiographian1688
clock winder1720
horologiographer1727
horologist1798
timer1876
1613 J. Yakesley tr. St. Francis de Sales Introd. Devoute Life v. i. 89 The clockman with some delicate oyle, annointeth the wheeles, iunctures and ginnes of his clock, that the motions may be more easie, and the whole be lesse subiect to rust.
1872 F. Montgomery Thrown Together I. ii. 55 He is the nicest clock-man, and he does make the school-room clock go so well.
2001 J. Pottker Janet & Jackie 104 Some traditions remained, like..the clockman who came every other week to reset first the grandfather clock and then the estate's dozens of other timepieces.
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