Clockwinder

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person employed to wind up clocks.

    "So far, the palace has refused to make a statement about the incorrigible corgis. However, sources believe the feisty snappers have already wounded guardsmen, policemen, footmen and the royal clockwinder."

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"So far, the palace has refused to make a statement about the incorrigible corgis. However, sources believe the feisty snappers have already wounded guardsmen, policemen, footmen and the royal clockwinder."

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