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Fire watching   /fˈaɪər wˈɑtʃɪŋ/   Listen
Fire watching

noun
1.
(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky.





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"Fire watching" Quotes from Famous Books



... already used for driving engines, but the engines were not good, and it cost much money to work them. Watt thought they could be improved, but it was long before he found out the way to do this. Often, he sat by the fire watching the lid of the kettle as it was made to dance by the steam, and thinking of many plans; and at last a happy thought came to him. His plan enabled great improvements to be made in the working of engines, and now ...
— True Stories of Wonderful Deeds - Pictures and Stories for Little Folk • Anonymous


Words linked to "Fire watching" :   Britain, U.K., United Kingdom, Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, civil defense, UK


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