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

She sped down the stairway, and as she passed the glimmering face of the time-keeper she glanced at it and saw that the minute hand was just eight minutes past the hour.

From Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway by Emerson, Alice B.

"Then it can't be morning," Sammy declared, for what better time-keeper can there be than a child's stomach?

From The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks

When there is a time-keeper and you post against time it is even better fun.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield