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fire watcher

noun

  1. a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She started out as a fire watcher in the war, which involved patrolling rooftops to identify fires started by enemy aircrafts dropping bombs.

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Fay acknowledges not having the permit, but says they had the required “fire watcher” and extinguishing equipment that the permit would have required.

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While courting Joyce, James met Freud and she appointed him as boilerman, handyman and fire watcher.

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