drinking fountain

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noun

a water fountain that ejects a jet of water for drinking without a cup.

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Origin of drinking fountain

First recorded in 1855–60

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Examples from the Web for drinking fountain

This is merely a spring-house covering the artesian well that supplies the drinking-fountain in the village.
Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney|Geraldine Edith Mitton
Michael wandered along to a drinking-fountain to which, access had often been forbidden.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
A death is a sort of drinking-fountain for an unimagined crowd of thirsty mortals.
Cousin Pons|Honore de Balzac
The monument, in the street without, is in the form of a drinking-fountain, with a statue of the little dog on the top.
Our Little Scotch Cousin|Blanche McManus

In some places a drinking-fountain stands where once the cross stood.
Social Life in England Through the Centuries|H. R. Wilton Hall

British Dictionary definitions for drinking fountain

drinking fountain

noun

a device for providing a flow or jet of drinking water, usually in public places

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drinking fountain

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drinking fountain

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