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sentinel
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Our Town
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- In those days our newspapers came out twice a week— the Graver's Corners Sentinel—and this (Indicating furniture L. C., Xing L. of C.) is Editor Webb's house.†
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- And here comes Joe Crowell deliverin' Mr. Webb's Sentinel.†
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- (Xing R. to proscenium) Mr. Webb is Publisher and Editor of The Grovels Corners Sentinel†
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- 'Course, they've put in a copy of the New York Times and a copy of Mr. Webb's Sentinel.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(sentinel) a person who stands guard or looks out for something
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, sentinel can be used as a verb meaning to stand guard, or provide or post a guard; or to look out for something.
As a proper noun, Sentinel is sometimes used in the name of a newspaper to indicate that the newspaper is looking out for news the public would want.