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hunting case

American  

noun

  1. a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.


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Clayton Stoner reportedly intends to plead guilty in an illegal grizzly bear hunting case near the British Columbia coast.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2015

What sort of watch was yours, domestic or foreign, stemwinder or keyed, open face or hunting case, gold, silver, or nickel case?

From The Hilltop Boys on the River by Cyril Burleigh

However, he took his station at the ringside, and glanced at the watch, which had a coat of arms carved on the inside of its hunting case.

From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by T. S. Stribling

“Now gentlemen, what ‘moffered f’this first-class M. I. Tobias gold English lever watch—full jeweled, compensation-balance, anchor-escapement, hunting case?

From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

It was told of him that he considered but one symptom, and this he discovered with his hand on the patient's pulse and his eyes on a big loud-ticking watch in a hunting case.

From The Romance of a Plain Man by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

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