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night watches
n. (night watch English)
Usage examples of "night watches".
If the gear is out, the night watches might have to jog back onto the mainline to keep from drifting too far away.
He not only had the mental and physical qualities but also was highly motivated-as his new work was done sitting down, whether in classroom or in the air, and he stood no night watches and received pay-and-a-half for sitting down and sleeping at home.
As for poor Zeb, I banged his ear endlessly through the long night watches, talking about Judith and how unhappy I was with the way things were at New Jerusalem.