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Definition of Clock on
1. Verb. Register one's arrival at work.
Generic synonyms: Enter, Put Down, Record
Antonyms: Clock Out, Punch Out
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clock On
Literary usage of Clock on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1839)
"On receiving the deceased into his custody, about seven o'clock on the evening
of Thursday, he com plained of the unfairness of himself and friends being ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... and about the time he reached Gembloux, about 10 o'clock on the night of the
17th, only rear of Wellington's position, and thus cut off his retreat in ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... seven o'clock on the morning of the eleventh, the enemy's land batteries and
monitors opened heavily on Battery Wagner, but the monitors soon withdrew. ..."
4. Journal by United States Congress Senate (1879)
"And no quorum voting, the House, at 4 o'clock, on motion of Mr. Thomas, adjourned
till 9:30 o'clock am, to-morrow TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1879—9:30 o'clock AM ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Stock-brokers and Stock-exchanges by John Randolph Dos Passos (1905)
"Securities bought for any period, except the Settling-day, which shall not be
delivered by Half-past Two o'clock, or by Twelve o'clock on Saturdays, ..."
6. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"Until lately, I have not heard it seriously urged that twelve o'clock, on the 3d
of March, at night, is not the true period. It is now insisted, however, ..."
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