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:
“Muriel Bedford: It isn’t every day that your only son gets married.
Judge Bedford: He’s your son, too, Muriel. I mean it’s about time you started taking half the blame.”
—Dale Launer (b. 1953)
“Why, my cheese, my digestion, why hast thou not served thyself in to my table, so many meals?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)