night-watchman love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who acts as a watchman during the night.

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Examples

  • They attacked with crude weapons the men members of the perp's extended family from Acapulco, (hence, newcomers and racially different; read of African slave heritage) as one of those brothers was the current night-watchman on the bridge project beside the casa.

    On Civility 2009

  • The young man, whose bicycle had been thieved had returned with a gang of his amigos, to inflict bodily harm on the family of the night-watchman, who they thought were harbouring the perp of the bicycle theft.

    On Civility 2009

  • They attacked with crude weapons the men members of the perp's extended family from Acapulco, (hence, newcomers and racially different; read of African slave heritage) as one of those brothers was the current night-watchman on the bridge project beside the casa.

    On Civility 2009

  • If we took away antitrust laws (while keeping civil and criminal liability for fraud, theft, coercion, bribery, etc.), and if the government were reduced to a night-watchman state (with its focus on national defense and domestic law-enforcement), then I find it hard to imagine a scenario in which a corporation, however big, could force a monopoly on people without breaking the then-existing law.

    Technological Determinishm, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • They attacked with crude weapons the men members of the perp's extended family from Acapulco, (hence, newcomers and racially different; read of African slave heritage) as one of those brothers was the current night-watchman on the bridge project beside the casa.

    On Civility 2009

  • The young man, whose bicycle had been thieved had returned with a gang of his amigos, to inflict bodily harm on the family of the night-watchman, who they thought were harbouring the perp of the bicycle theft.

    On Civility 2009

  • The young man, whose bicycle had been thieved had returned with a gang of his amigos, to inflict bodily harm on the family of the night-watchman, who they thought were harbouring the perp of the bicycle theft.

    On Civility 2009

  • A stout, middle-aged man led the procession; he was Mr. Cuttle, the night-watchman.

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • I ordered the night-watchman to lock the front door and bring everybody in the building here.

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • Langton had the night-watchman in the palm of his hand; the man even offered to make them a cup of tea!

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

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