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Timer displaying agreeable figure? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hourglass

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This could be a double definition.

'timer' is the first definition.
(I have seen 'Simple timer ' mean 'hourglass' so perhaps 'timer' could also mean 'hourglass')

'agreeable figure?' is the second definition.
'hourglass' can be an answer for 'figure?' (I have seen 'Good figure' mean 'hourglass' so perhaps 'figure' could also mean 'hourglass'). I am not sure about the 'agreeable' bit.

'displaying' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hourglass that I've seen before include "Good figure" , "enviable figure?" , "Simple timer" , "Well-proportioned, with a small waist" , "Sort of figure" .)

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