watch guard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of watch guard
First recorded in 1825–35
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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
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
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 Robert Leighton
Icel wakta watch, guard; Dak wakta watch, guard.
From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson
Vulgarity reveled in the plaid of his jaunty business suit, flaunted in the links of his glittering watch guard, and gleamed in the folds of his gorgeous neck gear.
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch
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