dogwatch
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Is dogwatch a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.Examples: "[…] in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery […]"
2. (by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.Examples: "The girls we knew were all on the dogwatch, from four to twelve in the morning."broadly
3. (nautical) A very brief period of naval service.Examples: "At that time, Captain Thomas G. Peyton, U.S. Navy, who had only served a dog watch as Captain of the Port at Noumea, New Caledonia, reported for this important billet."
Definition source: Wiktionary