clock watch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clock watch
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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Operators, who work in shifts around the clock, watch on as real-time data gets beamed in from the South Pacific.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022
Residents are mounting a round the clock watch to try to save their homes from the wildfires ravaging the Greek island of Evia, determined to stay put despite the authorities urging them to evacuate.
From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2021
The camera keeps a nervous clock watch as the alive-or-deadline approaches�in this case, the arrival of the 3:10 to Yuma.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now you look at that clock; watch that pendulum swingin'.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
The pocket dial was soon followed by mechanical clocks, the clock watch, and the more delicate work of the watchmaker.
From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
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