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dogwatch

[dawg-woch, -wawch, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌwɒtʃ, -ˌwɔtʃ, ˈdɒg- /




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“Me and Smoltz started in September 16 as dogwatch radio team.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

I was on the larboard dogwatch this day, and so could observe the positioning of those ships, it appearing that we are preparing for some great action against the town of Norfolk.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

She'd come into stays about the middle of the morning watch, he said, and maybe toward three bells in the second dogwatch they'd have her on the other tack.

From Wide Courses by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

It was the dogwatch when Tunis Latham entered the eating place, but the dogwatch here was not at the same time of day as aboard ship.

From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen

Yesterday morning, Mr. Hawkins," said he, "in the dogwatch, down came Doctor Livesey with a flag of truce.

From Treasure Island by Milo Winter


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