clocker

clocker
/klok"euhr/, n.
1. a person who times racehorses during tryouts to determine their speed.
2. an official who times a race.
3. a person who maintains a record of the flow of traffic, as of visitors to a museum.
[CLOCK1 + -ER1]

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