˜yÐÄvlog

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watchcase

[ woch-keys ]

noun

  1. the case or outer covering for the works of a watch.


watchcase

/ ˈ·ÉÉ’³Ùʃˌ°ì±ðɪ²õ /

noun

  1. a protective case for a watch, generally of metal such as gold, silver, brass, or gunmetal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of watchcase1

First recorded in 1590–1600; watch + case 2
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A Bulova watchcase factory, shuttered in 1981, has been repurposed as condominiums and townhouses.

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The concept has been two years in the making, and HYT and its partners have worked together to overcome the challenges of bringing external elements into a watchcase.

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And presently, with much difficulty, for Ferrier's watchcase was a poor instrument, he read the answer.

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I is out to the extent of telling one lie about saving a little boy from drowning and also one old imitation-gold watchcase without any mechanical works in it.

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Son of a prosperous watchcase manufacturer, Swope grew up in St. Louis, passed up college to get a look at Europe, came back to the U.S. to bounce from Pulitzer's St. Louis Post-Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune to the New York Herald before settling down in 1909 as a reporter for the World.

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