time-keeper
Example Sentences
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I have always believed that every game should have a time-keeper working in unison with the referee, and showing everyone in the stadium, including supporters, when the clock is stopped and restarted.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
From the start, he envisioned his role as something more than a mere time-keeper.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
Page 436, line 22.–The time-keeper means the metronome.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul
But Hammond was in no hurry now and the time-keeper kept his eyes carefully on his stop-watch until finally the whistle shrilled again.
From The Crimson Sweater by Ralph Henry Barbour
Then, quoting from the well-known favorite, he inquired in up-stage Irish: "'Will some sport kindly let Mr. Ho-ogan, the time-keeper, hold his watch?'"
From Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge
