Meaning of dogwatch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
2. A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
   broadly
3. A very brief period of naval service.

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Examples

“[…] in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery […]”

“The girls we knew were all on the dogwatch, from four to twelve in the morning.”

“At that time, Captain Thomas G. Peyton, U.S. Navy, who had only served a dog watch as Captain of the Port at Noumea, New Caledonia, reported for this important billet.”

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