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watch-seals

watch-seals is the plural of watch-seal.

Meaning of watch-seal

Noun

watch-seal (plural watch-seals)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A small seal or decorative trinket attached to a watchchain.
    • He does not 'engrave Truth on his watch-seal; 'no, but he stands by truth, speaks by it, works and lives by it.1840, Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History, page 214
    Synonyms:
    onion

Questions about watch-seals

What is watch-seals the plural of?
Watch-seals is the plural of watch-seal.

Words near watch-seals in the dictionary

  1. watch-jobber
  2. watch-jobbers
  3. watch-night
  4. watch-nights
  5. watch-seal
  6. watch-seals
  7. watch-timing machine
  8. watch-timing machines
  9. watch-tower
  10. watch-towers
  11. watcha

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