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12.01 A.M. to 8 A.M., or any midnight shift, so called because that shift includes the quietest hours of the day
Graveyard shift is British slang for night work.
Graveyard is British slang for the mouth.
Derogatory term for female genital area.
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Siding occupied by obsolete and disused engines and cars; scrap pile
Bone orchard is American tramp slang for graveyard
Scotch (Whisky). E enjoys his gold watch
Noun. Late night work.
Buttered toast with sugar and cinnamon, served in a bowl of warm milk
To inform against someone (normally to the police or authorities)
Buttered toast with sugar and cinnamon, served in a bowl of warm milk
false teeth
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n.
An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
n.
That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
n.
One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
pl.
of Watchhouse
n.
A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password.
n.
A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
v. i.
To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
n.
A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
n.
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
n.
A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
imp. & p. p.
of Watch
a.
Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.
n.
A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Watch
v. i.
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
pl.
of Watchman
n.
A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
n.
A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.
n.
One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.
v. t.
To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
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