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watchword

[woch-wurd] / ˈwɒtʃˌwɜrd /


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Sailing Orders" ended thus:—"The Watchword in the Night shall be, 'God save King Henrye!'

From Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas by Wood, William Charles Henry

Tuesday 3d.—The evening meeting was on the Watchword and Text.

From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.

We looked at the Watchword for the day.

From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund

Above all, he must love his Country and let Integrity be his Watchword and remember that a Good Name is better than Riches, even if other People don't think so.

From People You Know by Ade, George

Just then the “noise” was repeated, a hoarse hollow vocalization of the Camp Fire Watchword.

From Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation by Francis, Stella M.




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