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Dogwatch

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Noun

1. dogwatch

either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dogwatch

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noun
1. 
either of two two-hour watches aboard ship, from four to six p.m. or from six to eight p.m
2. New Zealand
a shift from midnight to six a.m. in a mine

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Dogwatch

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noun
Nautical
either of the two duty periods (from 4 to 6 P.M. and from 6 to 8 P.M.) that are half the length of a normal period

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dogwatch

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n.
1. Nautical Either of two short periods of watch duty, from 4 to 6 PM or 6 to 8 PM.
2. A late night shift.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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