anchor watch
Example Sentences
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And, in 35 hours on the anchor watch, Cronkite committed only one embarrassing blooper by confusing Crooner Tony Martin with Tony Bennett.
From Time Magazine Archive
A kind of anchor watch had been chosen by straws.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
He had offered to take the anchor watch.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
He counted the strokes, and heard a far closing of a hatch, sign that the anchor watch had changed.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
At times the din was awe-striking, but it died away again, and although they kept anchor watch in turns no floe appeared to trouble them.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
