time-piece

English

Noun

time-piece (plural time-pieces)

  1. Alternative spelling of timepiece
    • 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 3, pages 163-164:
      "I cannot understand the cause of Sir George Kingston's not calling this morning; he knows that I am returned to town:" and a flush of haughty anger coloured Lady Marchmont's brow; but the colour deepened when she looked at the time-piece, and had been expecting him for hours.
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