English Explanatory Dictionary

quarterboy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A male figure that strikes a bell every quarter of an hour as part of the mechanism of a public clock.

Word forms

quarterboy quarterboys

Etymology

From quarter + boy.

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