CLOCK WATCHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clock watcher mean? 

• CLOCK WATCHER (noun)
  The noun CLOCK WATCHER has 1 sense:

1. a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time

  Familiarity information: CLOCK WATCHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOCK WATCHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("clock watcher" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)