midwatch has definitions from the fields of nautical,work
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[ noun ] (nautical,work) a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

If the acting captain wanted his acting lieutenant to sit on his ass around the station all night , Killpath would just have to go_out and drag Gun back by the heels once an hour ; because he 'd be damned if he was going_to be a mid-watch pencil-pusher just to please his ulcerated pro-tem captain .

Related terms

watch

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