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Meanings of be a watch in English

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Usage of be a watch in English
1
It'll be a watch chain, an' I've made a watch out of a walnut.
The Miller Of Old Church
2
There ought to be a watch kept.
The Hilltop Boys on the River
3
I think it will be a watch chain; but I'll tell you about it when we are alone.
Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Ad...
4
You cannot be a watch-dog only at stated hours, and on off days purr like the family cat.
The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
5
Might be a watch race only.
News.com.au
6
Tommy'll be a watch-maker, I expect.
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
7
She showed, however, no immediate signs of letting him in, being clearly chosen and paid to be a watch-dog.
The History of David Grieve
8
Mr Smith said there would not be a watch overnight but a fire crew would be checking the area tomorrow morning.
Radio NZ
9
There will be a watch about you." He turned quickly to Messua, saying, "HE does not believe, but thou wilt believe?"
The Second Jungle Book
10
There was a guard-room on one side of the gate under the platform in the corner, where there was always supposed to be a watch.
After London; Or, Wild England
11
Here was a watching post on the outside of the monstrous half-globe.
Space Platform
12
Attached to it were a watch-key and a very small steel key.
The Rebellion of Margaret
13
Always I was a watching for my slave pension to begin coming.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
14
There was a watch being kept to guard against any unexpected happening.
Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay; Or, The Disappearing Fleet
15
And I look a little harder, and I see it 's a watch.
Three to get deadly and four to score
16
Our body is a watch, intended to go for a given time.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
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