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WATCH CHAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does watch chain mean? 

WATCH CHAIN (noun)
  The noun WATCH CHAIN has 1 sense:

1. short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vestplay

  Familiarity information: WATCH CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATCH CHAIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fob; watch chain; watch guard

Hypernyms ("watch chain" is a kind of...):

chain (a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament)


 Context examples 


The bride gave me a sovereign, and I mean to wear it on my watch chain in memory of the occasion.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Von Bork detached a small key from his watch chain, and after some considerable manipulation of the lock he swung open the heavy door.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Professor Caldwell sat for a full minute, silent and fingering his watch chain.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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