clockmaker

[ klok-mey-ker ]

noun

1. a person who makes or repairs clocks.

clockmaker

/ ˈklɒkˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc

Other Words From

• clockmaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of clockmaker¹

1400–50; late Middle English. See clock ¹, maker

Example Sentences

I encountered old Farris, the clockmaker, in his brown coat besprinkled behind with powder from his queue.

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"A pretty gigantic project it was for a clockmaker, I can tell you," went on McPhearson.

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"A prophet is not without honour save in his own country," laughed the old clockmaker.

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They were sitting together at the repairing bench, the clockmaker busy with an old chronometer.

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A more persistent, painstaking, conscientious clockmaker never lived.

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