Father Time
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- A personification of time as an old man, usually carrying an hourglass.
- c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Marry, sir, by a rule as plain as the plain bald pate of Father Time himself.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Personification of time
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See also[edit]
- "The Grim Reaper"