watchword
Example Sentences
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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
We looked at the Watchword for the day.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund
In storm-defying cloak— Hand on his trusty gun— Heart, like a heart of oak— Eye, never-setting sun; Speaks but the challenge-shout, All foes without the line, Heeds but, to solve the doubt, Watchword and countersign.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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.