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dog watches
n. (dog watch English)
Usage examples of "dog watches".
The dog watches, head cocked, looking every bit as puzzled as it ought to be.
This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches - why are they called dog watches?
His dog watches for a frame, then picks him up in its mouth and carries him to a house.
The sailing master said that it would take until the dog watches to meet up with our ships.
In the dog watches very little of the ship's ordinary work was done, and once the precious stores were stowed, little groups formed round the more literate, and while his friends stood at a discreet distance, a man would listen while his letter was read out.