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Sentry duty   /sˈɛntri dˈuti/   Listen
Sentry duty

noun
1.
The duty of serving as a sentry.  Synonyms: guard, guard duty, sentry go.





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"Sentry duty" Quotes from Famous Books



... which gives me strength, even after what I have just heard, to tell you why I am here. Listen. You informed me one day that you needed a husband, some one to watch over you while you were at work, to relieve poor, worn-out Crenmitz from sentry duty. Those were your own words, which tore my heart then because I was not free. Now everything is changed. ...
— The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alphonse Daudet
... shed that had been converted into barracks for the guard, the detail was dismissed. The men broke ranks and sought their blankets within the shed, tired from their lonely vigil upon sentry duty. ...
— The Mad King • Edgar Rice Burroughs


Words linked to "Sentry duty" :   duty assignment, sentry go, guard, assignment, guard duty


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