watchout
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of watchout
1880–85, noun use of verb phrase watch out
Example Sentences
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The paper exposed the Teapot Dome scandals, kept an increasing watchout for city and state corruption.
From Time Magazine Archive
As he dug, he kept a constant watchout for Zero, but never saw him.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
I kept a cautious and suspicious watchout, worrying in the back of my mind that someone among them might turn up with a jetcopter.
From Highways in Hiding by George Oliver Smith
I was afeerd you’d not be on the watchout.
From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Belle Kanaris Maniates
He’s one of those scientific wretches who is on the watchout for pearl oysters.
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Asenath Carver Coolidge
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