““This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, heu, heu, is the canine connection?'
Why,' said Stephen, 'it is because they are curtailed of course.””

— Patrick O'Brian , book Post Captain

Source: Post Captain (1972)

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