dogwatch
Example Sentences
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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
Such was the burden of the boatswain's discourse throughout the dogwatch.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
He would never forget his first dogwatch, spent by the boatswain's side, pacing the poop deck.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
In the middle of the first dogwatch, cocoanut trees were sighted due south, their tufted heads rising above the water and marking the low-lying atoll beneath.
From South Sea Tales by London, Jack
