watchchain

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noun

A securing chain affixed to a watch (a timepiece) to prevent its loss by the owner.

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Meanings

nounwatchchain (plural watchchains)

plural watchchains · alternative watch chain

  1. A securing chain affixed to a watch (a timepiece) to prevent its loss by the owner.

    So over she went and when he saw her coming she could see him take his hand out of his pocket, getting nervous, and beginning to play with his watchchain, looking up at the church.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Origin

From watch + chain.

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Translations

Polish dewizka
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Cite this entry
APA

watchchain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchchain

MLA

“watchchain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchchain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watchchain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchchain.

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