watchman
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Dick ordered Edward and Glenn Juenke, the night watchman, to begin evacuating Bug House and two other cabins by the river.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Reyne took over as night watchman, with his tent on the asphalt in the parking lot behind.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
He claimed the duo pushed past the night watchman, collected the artwork and drove to a block of flats in the Isle of Dogs where Mr Love unloaded the Banksy.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
Ms. Nechai was waiting at the launching point for boats as her husband paddled out to rescue a watchman who was stranded at the site.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
As the watchman was closing it, Bikitsha, who was a cocky fellow, said, “Why do you make trouble? I told you there was nothing there.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Some people had their own fire buckets - and those who could afford it paid insurance companies with watchmen to raise the alarm and crews to put out the fires.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
In the middle of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s suite of incidental music for “Much Ado About Nothing,” there’s a march meant to accompany Dogberry, Shakespeare’s comic constable, and his fellow watchmen.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
In Edinburgh, he impressed night watchmen by lighting his pipe with a streetlamp.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
We had well-trained dogs and watchmen patrolling our property, which had seven-foot walls that were topped with spiked glass shards.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2019
He wondered if the watchmen had heard it.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
