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watch and watch

watch and watch noun: the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.

Noun

watch and watch (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.
    • And Mr. Pike, for practically all of his sixty-nine years, has stood his watch-and-watch, with many a spill-over of watches into watches.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLIV

Questions about watch and watch

What does watch and watch mean?
Watch and watch means the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.
What part of speech is watch and watch?
Watch and watch is a noun.

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