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dogwatch

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɒɡwɒt͡ʃ/Part of speech nounSorted acdghotwStarts with DEnds with H0 clues
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Definitions

  1. either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm

Word origin

From dog + watch, perhaps a calque of German Hundewache.

Used in a sentence

  • […] in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery […]
  • The girls we knew were all on the dogwatch, from four to twelve in the morning.
  • At that time, Captain Thomas G. Peyton, U.S. Navy, who had only served a dog watch as Captain of the Port at Noumea, New Caledonia, reported for this important billet.

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