anchor watch
Example Sentences
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And, in 35 hours on the anchor watch, Cronkite committed only one embarrassing blooper by confusing Crooner Tony Martin with Tony Bennett.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had offered to take the anchor watch.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
A kind of anchor watch had been chosen by straws.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
No sound came from the deck of the poacher; the sentry at the door was leaning against the barrel of his rifle; the anchor watch slept profoundly.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
A lone "anchor watch" pacing back and forth at the break of the forecastle head turned and stared at Stirling.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
