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What is a clock-watcher?

What is a clock-watcher? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A person who is eager for time to pass (e.g., at work or school), especially when faced with an undesirable task.
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Larner was anything but a clock-watcher, but on a certain bright day in June he was seated in his laboratory doing just that.
What do you notice about culture when you first go into a company? A. It's really bad when you have a clock-watcher culture.
It's easy to be a clock-watcher but it's what you do while you're at work that counts.
She may not be a clock-watcher but our time is almost up.
McKean, who is playing Hines, the factory clock-watcher, regarded him with sympathy.
Q I have to leave work at 5pm sharp to collect my daughter and I'm worried people will label me a clock-watcher.

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