watering place
Americannoun
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British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
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a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like.
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a place where drinking water may be obtained by humans or animals, as a spring or water hole.
noun
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a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained
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a spa
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a seaside resort
Etymology
Origin of watering place
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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"ARCHIE RICE," it says in 6-ft. letters on a shabby music hall in a third-rate watering place in the north of England.
From Time Magazine Archive
From polished boots to crisp moustache he could be counted on to out-Brummel men-of-the-world in the English metropolis, in the French watering place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Manhattan's Copacabana is a Scotch and watering place for Broadway's well-heeled show folk, who come regularly to pay homage to such distinguished comics as Jimmy Durante and Joe E. Lewis.
From Time Magazine Archive
N.J., a summer watering place, became known as the Jewish Newport.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every house was a temporary watering place where warriors gathered for training and the perfection of their grim art before the tents were struck again.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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