watch guard

American  

noun

1. a short chain, cord, or ribbon for securing a watch when worn on the person.

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Etymology

Origin of watch guard

First recorded in 1825–35

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watch guard

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

Also 2 cups, 2 shells, a book-mark, and a watch guard.

From A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part by George Müller

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

He was dressed in his young master's last year's suit, immaculate blue broadcloth and brass buttons, ruffled shirt and black-braided watch guard hanging from his neck.

From The Man in Gray by Thomas Dixon

It darted into her mind, how the two dollars and a half she had paid for those round toes, would have bought the silk for a watch guard and left a great deal to spare.

From The House in Town by Susan Warner