Example sentences from the Web for point duty

My first impulse was to turn and step along to Oxford Circus, where I knew another constable would be on point-duty.
The Place of Dragons|William Le Queux
It is a baffling but rather seductive smell, and they tell me that the policemen miss it when they are transferred to point-duty.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 14, 1920|Various
At last he inquired of the constable on point-duty, and then went up St. Martin's Lane.
Spies of the Kaiser|William Le Queux

point duty

noun

the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic

the position at the head of a military patrol, regarded as being the most dangerous

Words nearby point duty

Point de Galle, point de gaze, point de Hongrie, point d'esprit, point-device, point duty, pointe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Pointe Claire, pointed

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单词	point duty
释义	Example sentences from the Web for point duty My first impulse was to turn and step along to Oxford Circus, where I knew another constable would be on point-duty. The Place of Dragons\|William Le Queux It is a baffling but rather seductive smell, and they tell me that the policemen miss it when they are transferred to point-duty. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 14, 1920\|Various At last he inquired of the constable on point-duty, and then went up St. Martin's Lane. Spies of the Kaiser\|William Le Queux point duty noun the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic the position at the head of a military patrol, regarded as being the most dangerous Words nearby point duty Point de Galle, point de gaze, point de Hongrie, point d'esprit, point-device, point duty, pointe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Pointe Claire, pointed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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