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A watch that got a liberal arts degree and started using bigger words.
means A clock or watch — a device, often ornate, for telling the time.
from A straightforward compound of 'time' and 'piece,' first appearing in the 1600s as a slightly grander, more formal way to say 'clock' or 'watch' — the kind of word a jeweler or auctioneer would use rather than someone just checking if they're late.
- not just watches
- includes clocks, sundials, and hourglasses too
- auction word
- favored by Sotheby's over plain old watch or clock
- sundial status
- technically the oldest timepiece humans ever built