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Black Watch

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Black Watch
n
(Military) the. the Royal Highland Regiment in the British army
[so called for their dark tartan]


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The famous Highland Regiment, the Black Watch, camped here one year, and, when the men shook out the straw of their beds in the spring, some seeds of heather took root.
He was in the Black Watch, when first it was mustered; and, like other gentlemen privates, had a gillie at his back to carry his firelock for him on the march.
 
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