clock-jobber

短语

词形变化

clock-jobbers 复数 clock-jobbers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who repairs and maintains clocks.

    废旧

    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 […]