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Definition of Dogwatches
1. dogwatch [n] - See also: dogwatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogwatches
Literary usage of Dogwatches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. School Composition: For Use in Higher Grammar Classes by William Henry Maxwell, Emma Louisa Johnston (1902)
"An explanation of the " dogwatches" may, perhaps, be necessary to one who has
... As the dogwatches come during twilight, after the day's work is done, ..."
2. A New Astronomy by David Peck Todd (1906)
"The dogwatches differ in length from the regular watches, so that during ...
Each watch, except the dogwatches, therefore, continues through eight bells. ..."
3. The Progressive Composition Lessons by Ida M. Brautigam, Charles Harper, Cecil A. Kidd (1914)
"ORIGINAL COMPOSITION A System dogwatches The crew are divided into two ...
An explanation of the "dogwatches" may, perhaps, be necessary to one who has ..."
4. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1913)
"dogwatches are two short watches of two hours each between four and eight in the
evening, not in the morning, as Stevenson says. ..."
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