Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked.

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  • noun Alternative form of timebook.

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Examples

  • Gunderson's name was, I suppose, properly entered on the company's time-book, but it never was in the nomenclature of the road.

    Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers John A. Hill

  • Which is one of the reasons why a force of "time inspectors" is constantly dodging in and out over the job, time-book and pencil in hand, lest some fellow - townsman of the boss be earning his $1.50 a day under the shade of

    Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921

  • The grand-mannered old man who sat at a desk in the reception-room of "The Outcry" offices to receive visitors and incidentally to keep the time-book of the employees, looked up as Miss Devine entered at ten minutes past ten and condescendingly wished him good morning.

    A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Willa Sibert Cather 1910

  • As Max went over the job with his time-book next morning, he said it to every man he met, and they all believed him.

    Calumet "K" Henry Kitchell Webster 1903

  • Max was figuring tables in his time-book, Hilda poring over the cash account.

    Calumet "K" Henry Kitchell Webster 1903

  • The Swede put his hand in his inside pocket and took out a small time-book tied around with a piece of faded tape.

    Tides of Barnegat Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

  • From the outside breast-pocket of her ulster protruded a time-book, from which dangled a pencil fastened to a hempen string.

    Tom Grogan Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

  • She sat down at a table and opened the time-book, pen in her hand, with a canvas money-bag beside her.

    Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

  • She sat down at a table and opened the time-book, pen in her hand, with a canvas money-bag beside her.

    Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

  • I thought I could make an entry in a stone-breaker's time-book, or order manure off the wayside with any living engineer in France.

    Essays of Travel Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

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