"timekeep" meaning in English

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          "text": "Thus, the difficulty retarded persons experience with focusing and/or maintaining their attention toward a relevant stimulus dimension (Fisher & Zeaman, 1973) may well hinder their ability to timekeep and predict temporal intervals.",
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        {
          "ref": "1981, Sheila Ernst, Lucy Goodison, In our own hands: a woman's guide to self-help therapy, page 42",
          "text": "This exercise takes about forty-five minutes. Arrange for someone to timekeep.",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Eric Brymer, Tom Hughes, Loel Collins, The Art of Freestyle, page 215",
          "text": "Timekeeping is very important, so it is advisable to appoint a responsible and reliable person whose only job is to timekeep.",
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          "ref": "2007, Guy Arnold, In the Footsteps of George Borrow, page 63",
          "text": "I broke my watch on the first day and so was obliged to timekeep according to the sun;",
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          "ref": "1938, Wessel Smitter, F. O. B. Detroit, page 15",
          "text": "A timekeep gave us our cards and our badges and told us where to punch in and then let out a yell for Johnson, our straw boss.",
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          "ref": "1947, The Hopkins Review - Volumes 1-3",
          "text": "Round little timekeeps set with crystal eye.",
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          "text": "Now to my point, I just arranged my clocks and other timekeeps in my display casement when the explosion struck.",
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          "ref": "1947, The Hopkins Review - Volumes 1-3",
          "text": "Round little timekeeps set with crystal eye.",
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