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drinking fountains

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

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Designed to blend into the historic Baroque park, they are notable for their curved ceramic facades, daylight from skylights, accessibility features, drinking fountains -- and free use.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Menacing signs threaten trespassers with death, but Mr Chilton has also installed drinking fountains so nobody dies making the hazardous journey.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2024

Local schools shut off drinking fountains, furnishing bottled water instead.

From Seattle Times Sep. 19, 2023

Unlike the Jim Crow South, California did not have officially segregated schools or separate drinking fountains for white and Black people.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2023

Pipes across the ceiling led to the drinking fountains and to the toilets in the next room.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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