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watchie en · NOUN

Etymology

From watch + -ie.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, diminutive, form-of, rare) Diminutive of watch (“timepiece”).
   form of watch
   • ― Ваши часики? Прошу получить, ― развязно улыбаясь, сказал клетчатый и на грязной ладони подал растерянному Римскому его собственность. 1997 [1928–1940], Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, “Black Magic and Its Exposure”, in The Master and Margarita, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 2016, →ISBN, book 1, page 118:
   • So “along little watchie, git along” . . . to Mark Jewelers for now, at long last any old discarded watch becomes a thing of real value, that is, when it is traded-in at Mark Jewelers. 1951 February 1, Mark Jewelers, “Got, Get, Git”, in The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet, 39th year, number 57, Van Nuys, Calif., →OCLC, page 9-A, column 6:
   • I left a little watchie, an’ that had disappeared as well. 1998, Dod Martin, quotee, “Dunkirk”, in David Atherton, editor, We’re Far Fae Hame Now! Aberdeen and the North East’s Experience of Military Service Abroad: The Great War to the Gulf, Aberdeen: Aberdeen City Council, →ISBN, “Second World War” section, page 38, column 2:
   • We had better go, it’s getting very late; / Just look what little watchie says—eleven twenty-eight. 1913 August 14, “The Week”, in Table Talk, number 1464 (534 New Series), Melbourne, Vic., →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
2. (slang) A watchman.
   • Kenny seized his opportunity, walked briskly up to the end, said good morning to the watchie, and sauntered back, […] 2003, Ramabai Espinet, The Swinging Bridge, page 87:

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