The word "timer" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to a device used to measure or indicate time, or to talk about the amount of time given or taken for something. For example, "I set the timer for 15 minutes and then went to the store."
The Telegraph man even managed to get in another digressive swipe, bringing up again the first night of Cause Celebre, starring Anne-Marie Duff, when the Independent's "old timer" slept all the way through the performance.
I sieve the mixture into the bucket, place it in the belly of the beast, and start the timer.
Lib Dem children may appreciate the GLA's shower timer more: it ensures you stay in for just four minutes.
When he set the puzzle down and stopped the timer, just seconds later, the audience erupted, nearly drowning out the announcer: "Feliks with a 7.95!" Feliks Zemdegs had been here before.
The bomb, which was concealed inside a holdall and had a two-hour timer, was placed directly behind the driver's seat.
It comes with brush-head holder, travel case, and a wireless LED timer that congratulates you with a smiley face when you've brushed for two minutes.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 8.26am GMT08:26 Also at the MCG today: Australia won the women's Twenty20 by seven wickets, and legendary old-timer Neil Harvey was present for the unveiling of his statue just outside the ground.
It doesn't track if a shot is a one-timer, and where that pass came from.
You could put anyone, a first-timer, presenting an England game and you'd get a 20m audience.
I'm amazed by how approachable everyone is, whether they're a first-timer, like me, or one of the core of regulars.
Spacey takes gum from his mouth, places it with exquisite deliberation in the centre of a spotless white ashtray and eagerly hits the mark about his new movie American Beauty, co-starring Annette Bening and directed by first-timer Sam Mendes (the young English director whose work for the stage includes the recent London and New York runs of Cabaret and The Blue Room ).
