Definitions
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- noun A person who makes
clocks .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sometimes I think that the great celestial clockmaker has it in for us all — and that clockmaker is laughing at our expense.
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William Andrews, former curator of the now-defunct Time Museum and a master clockmaker, is trying to build an advanced sundial that melds horology, cartography, and a passion for antique scientific instrumentation.
Boing Boing 2007
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It is God as a creator as a clockmaker is a creator.
American Coastopia! 2004
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There is a "clockmaker" theory that allows for both creation and evolution - the idea is that the universe was created with initial conditions such that evolution could take place.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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Isn't it REAL WRITING when it's about subjects like that weird little gnome of a clockmaker in my town ...
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Aimed at a broad audience including families, the ballet features Clemmie Sveaas as the princess, Aaron Sillis as the clockmaker and Mr. Putrov as the baddie.
Dancing to a New Tune Sarah Frater 2011
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The Kazoo was invented in the 1840s a German clockmaker named Thaddeus Von Clegg, who made it to specifications provided by Alabama Vest of Macon, Georgia.
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ElBulli is a little like the old theological construct of the clockmaker God: create all the conditions for life on Earth, wind it up, then stand back and let it run.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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In 1714, the British Parliament passed the Longitude Act, offering awards to inventors who could solve the problem of measuring longitude at sea; from 1737 to 1765, clockmaker John Harrison earned a series of awards totaling £ 14,315 for improvements to his marine chronometer.
Creative Financing Eric S. Hintz 2010
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ElBulli is a little like the old theological construct of the clockmaker God: create all the conditions for life on Earth, wind it up, then stand back and let it run.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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