watch guard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of watch guard
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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The Black Lives Matter movement was born after the shooting death in 2012 of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, by a self-appointed neighborhood watch guard in Florida.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2015
Icel wakta watch, guard; Dak wakta watch, guard.
From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by Williamson, A. W. (Andrew Woods)
He is clever at hunting, having an excellent nose, is a good vermin-killer, and a most faithful watch, guard, and companion.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
For Norton, she would make the watch guard; that was one thing fixed.
From The House in Town by Warner, Susan
She had several jewelled gold rings on the fingers of each fat white hand, and a long gold watch guard hung round her fat neck.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
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