deathwatch

[ UK /dˈɛθwɒt‍ʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛθˌwɑtʃ/ ]
NOUN
  1. bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
  2. minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
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How To Use deathwatch In A Sentence

  • `Sinking oh so beautifully under the weight of debts and tax and deathwatch beetle and dangerous wiring and inadequate heating. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
  • Claude and I were old, friendly rivals on the deathwatch beat. FAITHLESS: TALES OF TRANSGRESSION
  • Yea, though Iapetus walk through the valorization of the shagbark of deathwatch 23rd Psaltery
  • Now that the banks aren't on deathwatch, Ken Lewis's perch atop Bank of America (BAC) looks secure.
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