Dog watch, in marine or naval terminology, is a watch, a period of work duty or a work shift, between 1600 and 2000 (4pm and 8pm).
Dog Watch
My View of Life on the Dock
My View of Life on the Dock
Dog watch, in marine or naval terminology, is a watch, a period of work duty or a work shift, between 1600 and 2000 (4pm and 8pm).
Good Morning Gloucester 
And in Gloucester, it’s Yappy Hour.
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But there are two dog watches between 4 and 8, each half as long as a standard watch. In the excellent Patrick O’Brien books one of the characters puns that it’s called the dog watch because it’s curtailed.
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