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clock watcher

noun

an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
any person who watches the time closely, as in expectation of some news or event.

clock-watcher

an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day

First recorded in 1885–90

A salary of about $45,000 a year is being offered to the succesful clock-watcher.

He was no respecter of time, neither did he emulate his military colleague in being a clock-watcher.

That was one day when the best company man became a clock-watcher.

Larner was anything but a clock-watcher, but on a certain bright day in June he was seated in his laboratory doing just that.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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