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
I don’t know where the anchor watch was, stowed away asleep somewheres, likely.
From The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew by Collingwood, Harry
At times the din was awe-striking, but it died away again, and although they kept anchor watch in turns no floe appeared to trouble them.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
