middle watch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of middle watch
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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Answer: Judges 7: 19 refers to "the middle watch."
From Time Magazine Archive
He was still lightheaded, muttering incoherently about taking over the middle watch.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
The vessel had gone on shore at low tide, but some time during the middle watch a great wave had lifted her and thrown her on her beam-ends high up on the coral sands.
From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon
When it was eight bells in the middle watch he was still asleep, or pretended to be.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various
The Second Mate never said a word more about green lights, for if he allowed there was an aeroplane about on the middle watch the Skipper would naturally ask him why he didn't see it.
From Aliens by McFee, William
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