Time served is also a term used to indicate a craftsman has spent the required period as an apprentice.
Famous quotes containing the words time and/or served:
“He gets red roses in different places,
the head, that time he was as sleepy as a river,
the back, that time he was a broken scarecrow,
the arm like a diamond had bitten it,
the leg, twisted like a licorice stick....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)