clock-watcher



clock-watcher

someone -- a worker or a student -- who is always looking at the clock, anticipating when something will be over. There are four clock-watchers in our office. People who don't like their jobs can turn into clockwatchers.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MimmiMEEM-meeSwedish, Finnish
PruePROOEnglish
Gwallter-Welsh
Toiba-Yiddish
Aspinal['æspinl]
Cristoforo-Italian