time-keeper

Example Sentences

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I have always believed that every game should have a time-keeper working in unison with the referee, and showing everyone in the stadium, including supporters, when the clock is stopped and restarted.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

From the start, he envisioned his role as something more than a mere time-keeper.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

Well would it be for us if the time-keeper in our bosoms, beating momently the escape of our allotted term, acted as lightly on the frame; but all its emotions help to wear this out.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

To me it was a disgrace, and I suffered endless disappointments and delays by having no trusty time-keeper at hand.

From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May

Employees who are absent for any cause must notify the house at once, either the head of their department or time-keeper, and satisfactory reasons given for being absent.

From How Department Stores Are Carried On by Phillips, W. B.