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Meaning of watch and watch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.

no-plural

Examples

“And Mr. Pike, for practically all of his sixty-nine years, has stood his watch-and-watch, with many a spill-over of watches into watches.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

watch battery watch bill watch cap watch chain watch charm watch circle

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