Watch Committee

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British history a local government committee composed of magistrates and representatives of the county borough council responsible for the efficiency of the local police force

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Words nearby Watch Committee

watch and ward, watchband, watch cap, watchcase, watch chain, Watch Committee, watchdog, watcher, watcheye, watch fire, watchful

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How to use Watch Committee in a sentence

Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
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I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
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Unlike former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Huckabee is not immediately forming an exploratory committee.
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Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
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I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
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He produced a watch and studied it frowningly, then dismissed us and the recital of our troubles with a ponderous gesture.
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He is a hypochondriac now and would keep a close watch on his heir's health and habits; you may be sure of that.
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He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.
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His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"
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