Usually means: Employee who eagerly awaits quitting time.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word clock-watcher:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. clock-watcher: Merriam-Webster
  2. clock-watcher: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clock-watcher: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clock-watcher, clock-watcher: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clock-watcher: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. clock-watcher: Wiktionary
  7. clock-watcher: Dictionary.com
  8. clock-watcher: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clock-watcher: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clock-watcher: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See clock-watching as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (clock-watcher)

noun:  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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