nightwatch

Example Sentences

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Making his way along the wharf, Dick presently saw a nightwatch with a lantern at the end of a long pole coming toward them.

From The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York by Moore, Harry

The nightwatch, who made the rounds of the court and park once an hour, need only find the ladder leaning against the balcony and all was lost.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann

Because of the proximity of the herd to Devil's Hole an extra man had been told off for the nightwatch, and Soapy and the Kid were doing duty with Sanderson.

From Square Deal Sanderson by Seltzer, Charles Alden

Redcoats, nightwatch, sailors and populace joined in the pursuit, pressing the young patriot sorely.

From The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York by Moore, Harry

In a more innocent state of society such as that which exists in the north, such a thing as a nightwatch is undreamed of.

From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Footner, Hulbert