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
Jewelry—Gold links and studs, scarfpin and watch guard.
From The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines by Vanness Copeland
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 Robert Tressell
A gold-bound hair watch guard that crossed his high-buttoned waistcoat was his only adornment; his slender hands, unlike the fat man's podgy fingers, were bare of rings.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller
Matilda knew how to make a very pretty, strong sort of watch guard; if she only had some strong brown silk to weave it of.
From The House in Town by Susan Warner
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