Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Attributive form of pocket watch

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pocket-watch.

Examples

  • Audemars Piguet continues to produce several pocket-watch models.

    More Pocket Watches 2010

  • Johnny Depp and Mickey Rourke have been seen with pocket-watch chains spread across waistcoats.

    An Icon That Withstands the Test of Time Michael Clerizo 2011

  • Some quirky touches that may have a wide impact: tailored vests, clear eyeglass frames, pocket-watch chains.

    New 'Wall Street' Power Look 2010

  • I have a pocket-watch, and pull it from the pocket of the seersucker suit that I'm now wearing -- you're in jeans and a crisp white tuxedo shirt -- and say They're coming,

    Wine Poetry 2008

  •   His sole treasure is a chained pocket-watch that already lost its heart decades ago.

    Moonlit Mariposa 2010

  • Watchismo is featuring a little article on this gorgeous wooden pocket-watch -- the entire works are made from wood.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • My personal tech is a ruggedized analog pocket-watch for everyday, vintage mickey-mouse wrist watch for dress occasions.

    The gadget tribes of technology - Boing Boing Gadgets 2009

  • I have a pocket-watch, and pull it from the pocket of the seersucker suit that I'm now wearing -- you're in jeans and a crisp white tuxedo shirt -- and say They're coming,

    The New York Cork Report: 2007

  • This pocket-watch has a miniature model of Stonehenge in one side of its clamshell and a compass on the other to help you align it.

    Boing Boing: September 4, 2005 - September 10, 2005 Archives 2005

  • I take out this little shiney pocket-watch, and I start telling them all that they are getting veeerrry sleeepy.....

    Order 66 2005

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.