[…] in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery […]
Source: wiktionary
Dogwatch
//ˈdɒɡwɒt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "dogwatch" (25 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (12)
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Translations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- iltapäivävahti noun (nautical: short watch)
German
1 entries- Hundewache noun (nautical: short watch)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִשְׁמֶרֶת כֶּלֶב noun (nautical: short watch)
Norwegian
1 entries- hundevakt noun (nautical: short watch)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The girls we knew were all on the dogwatch, from four to twelve in the morning.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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