time-piece

See also: timepiece

English

Noun

time-piece (plural time-pieces)

1. Alternative spelling of timepiece
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Discovery”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, 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.

   • 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter IX, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 155:

     “[…] I shall be glad when I can get my watch mended, it loses so,” said Martin, pulling out an old silver article with a steel chain,—a time-piece, like the rest of the world, deceptive; […]