graveyard watch

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Noun graveyard watch has 1 sense

graveyard watch, middle watch, midwatch, night watch - a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
--₁ is a kind of watch

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Graveyard Watch

Noun - The period of time during the night when a person is assigned to guard or supervise a graveyard.

Sense: Popular Usage

Sample Sentence:

"The cemetery hired extra security guards for the graveyard watch during the Halloween season."

Sense: Local Usage

Sample Sentence:

"In our small town, it is an old tradition for the local church members to take turns doing the graveyard watch on Christmas Eve."

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