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night watchman Noun a person who keeps guard at night on a factory or other building
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Jurgis was naturally glad to accept, and so the night watchman said a few words to the boss, and he was excused for the rest of the day. Judging by my rate of development, I might hope before I died to be a night watchman for sixty dollars a month, or a policeman actually receiving a hundred dollars with pickings. While he trotted back with the message he was to deliver to the night watchman in his box at the door of Tellson's Bank, by Temple Bar, who was to deliver it to greater authorities within, the shadows of the night took such shapes to him as arose out of the message, and took such shapes to the mare as arose out of HER private topics of uneasiness. |
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night watchman - a watchman who works during the night