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:
“In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“Why, my cheese, my digestion, why hast thou not served thyself in to my table, so many meals?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)