Tank watch
noun
A type of watch designed by Cartier of Paris, with a square or rectangular face and vertical side-panels aligned with a wide strap.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Arizona Republican (Phoenix). Designed in 1917; the gold side-panels were held to resemble the wide tracks of the new armoured tanks.
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- in the driving (or driver's) seat
- in the end
- in the event
- in the event of ——
- in the event that
- in the extreme
- in the family way
- in the field
- in the final (or last) analysis
- in the first (or second etc.) instance
- in the first place
- in the flesh
- in the fullness of time
- in the gift of
- in the grip of
- in the gun
- in the heat of the moment
- in the heel of the hunt
- in the hole
- in the hope of
- in the interests (or interest) of something
- in the land of the living
- in the lap of luxury
- in the lap of the gods