Watch Committee
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noun
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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How to use Watch Committee in a sentence
The Warrington Watch Committee, says a news item, have before them an unusual number of applications for pawnbrokers' licences.
What I vote is, that our set form ourselves into a sort of Watch Committee to attend to any little matters of this sort.
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