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Watch and ward

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(Law) the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace.

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He kept watch and ward over him as over something very fragile, and very worthy of care.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
So successful a watch and ward had been established over the young lady by this judicious parent, that she had grown up highly ornamental, but perfectly helpless and useless.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
That night he sat up with his gun and kept watch and ward.
A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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