watch charm

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English

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A drawing of a watch charm, c. 1936

Noun

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watch charm (plural watch charms)

  1. A small ornament attached to the chain of a pocket watch.
    • 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post[1]:
      He wore a little basket whittled out of a peach seed for a watch charm and nobody had ever tipped him that red flannel had gone out of style.

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