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clock
noun- a milometer (odometer) UK, 1967
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcyle Slang, p. 53, 1972
- It had nothing on the clock but its springs were shot[.] — Peter Corris, Make Me Rich, p. 78, 1985
- [P]robably worth around £3,000 in immaculate condition with 60,000 miles on the clock. — Guardian, 8 February 2002
- a speedometer UK, 1942
- a taxi meter UK, 1930
Often in the enquiry “How much is on the clock?”. - an air gauge used with air brakes US
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 261, 1946
- a watch UK, 1961
In conventional use from 1559, in slang use since late C19; noted by the Oxford English Dictionary as obsolete “except in modern slang.” - the face UK, 1918
- — John Ayto, The Oxford Dictonary of Slang, p. 2, 1998
- a punch to the face NEW ZEALAND, 1959
From the verb. - a look UK
From the verb. - One stushed-up establishment had had one clock of my typically attired friend and barred the door. — Diran Abedayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 267, 2000
- a one-year prison sentence AUSTRALIA, 1941
- — Garry Simes, A Dictonary of Australian Underworld Slang, p. 47, 1993
- a prisoner who is at the beginning of their sentence US, 1962
- — Frank Prewitt and Francis Schaeffer, Vacaville Vocabulary, 1961–1962
- bravery, courage US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 45, 1950
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