anchor watch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of anchor watch
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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And, in 35 hours on the anchor watch, Cronkite committed only one embarrassing blooper by confusing Crooner Tony Martin with Tony Bennett.
From Time Magazine Archive
A kind of anchor watch had been chosen by straws.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
He had offered to take the anchor watch.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
If he’d hailed anchor watch loud enough, George would have gone off for him.
From The Greater Power by W. Herbert Dunton
No one was in sight, save the dark figures of the midshipman and the anchor watch, far aft on the quarter-deck.
From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Frank Gee Patchin
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