morning watch
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noun Nautical.
the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
Origin of morning watch
First recorded in 1525–35
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Historical Examples of morning watch
Wasn't I on the morning-watch myself, and beside him four hours of the night before, and turned in at eight bells?
Somehow GoodWilliam de Morgan
Early in the morning-watch a sudden stir of the men on deck woke me, and I bundled up in five minutes' time.
morning watch
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