"speaking clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: speaking clocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} speaking clock (plural speaking clocks)
  1. (historical) A person employed to read the time over a telephone line. Tags: historical Related terms: time lady Translations (person): Neiti Aika (Finnish), tiimapiig (Northern Sami)
    Sense id: en-speaking_clock-en-noun-kWYdQTTF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Northern Sami translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Sami translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'person': 100 0
  2. A service provided by telephone companies where people can find out the time by calling a certain number. Translations (service): Neiti Aika (Finnish), aikatiedotus (Finnish), tiimapiig (Northern Sami), zegarynka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-speaking_clock-en-noun-GgnawyOs Disambiguation of 'service': 6 94

Inflected forms

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