nightwatch
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The nightwatch, who made the rounds of the court and park once an hour, need only find the ladder leaning against the balcony and all was lost.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
The nightwatch lost his lantern in the scuffle, and there was great confusion and hubbub.
From The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York by Harry Moore
Because of the proximity of the herd to Devil's Hole an extra man had been told off for the nightwatch, and Soapy and the Kid were doing duty with Sanderson.
From Square Deal Sanderson by Charles Alden Seltzer
The redcoats and the nightwatch pursued Dick to the very edge of the wharf.
From The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York by Harry Moore
Among other things, he regularly assisted Madigan by relieving him of outdoor duties on the day after his nightwatch, when the chief meteorologist was due for a "watch below."
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
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