countersigns
- present tense form of countersign (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"Howdy"* was the greeting, "Yippee" and "Yowee" were countersigns all the week.
From Time Magazine Archive
With as many shibboleths and countersigns as a dime novel, the Beggars have methods as effective as they are penny-dreadful.
From Time Magazine Archive
The presiding officer signs, and the Recorder countersigns it.
From The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by DeWitt, David Miller
These cotton strips served as countersigns for those friendly to the reigning dynasty, and were worn concealed from view, but so as to admit of being at once shown in case of need.
It was his duty to record the paroles and countersigns, the various orders for the next day, and to see that they were attended to.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by Canavan, M. J. (Michael Joseph)
