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clocker
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who clocks (illegally winds back the milometer of) a motor car 2 (context slang English) A low-level drug dealer who operates on the streets.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Clockers were regular passenger trains between Philadelphia and New York City on the Northeast Corridor ; on the Pennsylvania Railroad they left each terminal on the hour until the 1950s and a less-regular schedule continued on Amtrak . The first train ...
Usage examples of clocker.
Clocker heard Doc ask irritably, while Clocker was passing the gem merchants, who, because they needed natural daylight to do business, were traditionally accorded the tables nearest the windows.
Also that Clocker had married Zelda, the noted 52nd Street stripteuse, who had social aspirations.
Now that Clocker had told the grim story, he felt free to talk, which he did enthusiastically.
Zelda, Clocker was like an addict at the track with every cent on a hunch.
The rest, including Clocker, waited as an aging man in a white lab smock, heavy-rimmed eyeglasses and smooth pink cheeks, looking like a benevolent doctor in a mouthwash ad, stood up and faced the crowd.
Center, where, he told Clocker, members of the audience and staff were required to report before entering, in case of emergency.
Zelda, Clocker rushed to her chair, hauled her upright, kissed her, squeezed her.
Barnes left a lecture for researchers from his planet and joined Clocker with no more than polite curiosity on his paternal face.
He led Clocker to the Administration Building and inside to a large room with paneled walls, a long, solid table and heavy, carved chairs.
Diplomatically, they made only the most delicate references to the revamping job Clocker had done on his tip sheet.
I speak for all of us, Clocker, when I state that we shall do all within our power to aid you.
I came upon the device of having Clocker and Doc Hawkins do a duet, with a chorus effect from the other characters.
The original version ended with Clocker going back in defeat, hopeless.
Naturally, Doc Hawkins knew the background : That Clocker was a race handicapperpublisher, if you could call it that, of a tiny tip sheetfor Doc, in need of drinking money, had often consulted him professionally.
Back in his hotel room, waiting for the next day so he could visit Zelda, Clocker was like an addict at the track with every cent on a hunch.