🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

회중시계

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hoe-jung-si-gye

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fob-watch/ˈfɒb.wɒtʃ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 조끼 주머니에서 회중시계를 꺼내 시간을 확인했다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A small pocket watch attached to a ribbon, chain, or fob, designed to be carried in a waistcoat pocket.

    "He checked the time on his grandfather's gold fob-watch before boarding the train."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from 'fob', meaning a small pocket for a watch (likely from Low German 'fuppe' meaning pocket), combined with 'watch'. The term emerged in the late 17th century to describe a pocket watch attached to a chain or ribbon worn with a waistcoat.

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