Meaning of clock-jobber | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who repairs and maintains clocks.

obsolete

Examples

“The escapement used in French Drum Clocks is a continual source of trouble⟳ to English clock jobbers.”

“1888, The English Mechanic and World of Science, No. 1,199, 16 March⟳, 1888, letter to the editor headed “Organ Matters,” signed Wm. Robinson, p. 59, I am pretty well aware of the number⟳ of bunglers, tinkers, and clock-jobbers that have⟳ crept into the trade⟳—one of the latter, I am informed, became an organ-builder about five years ago, and by the help⟳ of a friendly organist got some work⟳ […]”

“At four o’clock, when it was fairly dark and Mrs. Hall was screwing up her courage to go in and ask⟳ her visitor if he would take⟳ some tea, Teddy Henfrey, the clock-jobber, came into the bar.”

“I've got a fine old bracket clock—belonged to my grandfather; made for him by Earnshaw, and I set⟳ considerable store by it. Now, something has gone wrong with its strike⟳ and I don't like⟳ to trust⟳ it to a common clock-jobber.”

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