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单词 roof-watcher
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roof-watcher
roof-watcher n. = roof-spotter n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > others concerned with military affairs > [noun] > air-raid warden, fire-watcher, etc.
fire-watcher1830
street warden1835
air warden1933
air raid warden1936
warden1936
paraspotter1940
roof-spotter1940
roof-watcher1940
1940 Times 12 Sept. 5/5 The official approval which has now been given to the system of roof watchers is admirable.
1941 Battle of Britain Aug.–Oct. 1940 (Min. of Information) 21 Except when roof-watchers—the Prime Minister's ‘Jim Crows’—signalled that danger was imminent, life went on as usual and still does.
2002 Times (Nexis) 30 Dec. (Times3) 8 Roof-watchers proved their worth, and on buildings where they were on duty the incendiaries were quickly extinguished.
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