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- noun Plural form of
watchchain .
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Examples
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About half an hour after this, I had occasion to traverse one of the corridors of Barnan's Hotel, when I saw a group of gentlemen, most of whom sported "Atlantic Cable Charms" on their watchchains, gathered about a person who had secured their rapt attention to some story he was narrating.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various
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U's, wedding rings, watchchains, lockets, necklaces and bracelets are rapidly collected.) _
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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