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afternoon watch

noun

Nautical.
  1. the watch from noon until 4 p.m.



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After rewatching "Christine" for the first time in ages recently, I would say that, yes, it is bad, but in a delightful way that's just perfect for a fall afternoon watch.

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What else are you going to do with your afternoon, watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on the Tiny Pop channel?

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In the afternoon, watch live Six Nations action as Italy take on Scotland, before England face off against Ireland in both the men's and women's series.

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The Golden Hope was now moored alongside a wharf on the Hamworthy side of the harbour, and at two bells in the afternoon watch the men mustered on deck, those who came off the Neptune having fallen in on the larboard side, each with his bundle ready for his long tramp to distant Sedgemoor.

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During the afternoon watch he had had plenty of time to report the incidents of his cruise in the Ben Nevis.

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afternoonsafter one's own heart