[f. phrase full time + -ER1.] A child that attends school during the whole of the school hours; opposed to HALF-TIMER b.
1870. Morning Post, 2 June, 2/1. There is no uniform rule as to the period either of age or knowledge when the full-timer shall become the half-timer.
1895. Westm. Gaz., 6 June, 2/2. He [the half-timer] neednt read so well, write so well, draw so well, cipher so well as the full timer at school.