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watchchains

watchchains is the plural of watchchain.

Meaning of watchchain

Noun

watchchain (plural watchchains)

  1. A securing chain affixed to a watch (a timepiece) to prevent its loss by the owner.
    • So over she went and when he saw her coming she could see him take his hand out of his pocket, getting nervous, and beginning to play with his watchchain, looking up at the church.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Questions about watchchains

What is watchchains the plural of?
Watchchains is the plural of watchchain.

Words near watchchains in the dictionary

  1. watchcase
  2. watchcases
  3. watchcat
  4. watchcats
  5. watchchain
  6. watchchains
  7. watchclock
  8. watchclocks
  9. watchcoat
  10. watchcoats
  11. watchdog

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