watchmen

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Now the watchmen were at that hour making their rounds and they smelt the sweet scent of essences and wine that reeked from him; so they made for it and suddenly beheld the youth lying on the bench, without sign of recovering.

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  1. noun A man who is employed to stand guard or keep watch.

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  • "C'mon. Let's get outa this wickiup so we can talk They walked through numerous corridors and showed their passes to watchmen, took an elevator down, ran the gantlet of more watchmen, then finally stood on the street Now, old-timer," Monk said. —  127 - Hell Below
  • Major-the title card for the watchmen is up on xbox live arcade, but when you select it, it only gives you the choice to download the video ... and it takes that long for it to appear (the options), and when i press the guide button it always gets stuck and freezes now. .can we go back to blades, there was no problems then!! —  Xbox Live's Major Nelson
  • And I said to them, "Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until after sunrise; and at night, while the watchmen are still on guard, let them shut the doors and bar them. —  The Children's Bible
  • {2 1 The above mentioned fracas took place a few weeks ago The offenders "against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King," were next day held before one of the Police Magistrates, when it appearing that the row occurred under the influence of ebriety, and that the landlord and the watchmen were the only sufferers, a com-promise was permitted, and the parties were discharged with a suitable admonition 2 "Contraband articles." —  Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)
  • He meant to stay up there himself some night and see what it was all about; and as he went on to explain how it would be possible to slip up the great stair while the watchmen were at the far end of the long hall, and of the places one could hide if the watchman came along when he wasn't wanted, he said "we" and "us." —  The Trail Book
 

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