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Definition of Clock off
1. Verb. Register one's departure from work.
Definition of Clock off
1. Verb. to end work ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clock Off
Literary usage of Clock off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1894)
"... ourselves about 14 miles above Newburg; about noon passed Esopus Creek ; at
8 o'clock off Col. Hoffman's at Red Hook ; Livingston's Manor and the ..."
2. History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-marque: During Our War by George Coggeshall (1856)
"On Sunday night, about 12 o'clock, off Navassa Island, the Volcano perceived a
schooner standing towards her, which fired several shot, which were returned. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"Besides all the hunting, &c., the day before yesterday, after doing business
until twelve o'clock, off ho went by himself, without saying a word to any one, ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"... about twelve a'clock off the day or a littel efter, when the cattel were in
the folds or houses, and some from the ..."
5. The Montresor Journals by John Montrésor (1882)
"At 6 o'clock this morning signal was made from the Diana for the Is' Brigade to
weigh anchor, the fleet got under way & anchor'd at 12 o'clock off ye ..."
6. Outing (1893)
"Hatches were drawn and sou'westers donned, and a tough pull of five miles brought
us by three o'clock off Coffin's Beach, on the north side of Annisquam ..."
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