watering pot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If it should rain Friday you will be saved the trouble of taking a watering pot with you.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy
Then the pony chaise was ordered and a watering pot of water again; much to the boy's disgust who was to carry it; and Daisy took her dinner with quiet satisfaction.
From Melbourne House, Volume 2 by Warner, Susan
She had still the watering pot in one hand; with the other her pretty dress was held lightly aside, to avoid trickling drops.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
After that, she said to her: "Go into the garden, and you will find six lizards behind the watering pot; bring them to me."
From Types of Children's Literature by Barnes, Walter
After that, she said to her: "Go again into the garden, and you will find six lizards behind the watering pot; bring them to me."
From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault by Clarke, Harry
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