"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 phone line Tags: historical Translations (person): Neiti Aika (Finnish), tiimapiig (Northern Sami)
    Sense id: en-speaking_clock-en-noun-9VS49ODe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'person': 100 0
  2. A service provided by telephone companies where people can get the time by phoning a certain number. Translations (service): Neiti Aika (Finnish), aikatiedotus (Finnish), tiimapiig (Northern Sami), zegarynka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-speaking_clock-en-noun-QNqiWVZV Disambiguation of 'service': 6 94

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for speaking clock meaning in English (1.6kB)

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