What does listening watch mean?

listening watch

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

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"1950, Neville Shute, The Legacy (UK title: A Town Like Alice), New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 10, p. 278, “ […] It’s okay here if you want to close down your listening watch for tonight, Jackie. I’d like to have a listening watch in daylight hours tomorrow, from seven o’clock on. Is this Roger? Over.”"

listening watches (plural)

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