water butt

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noun

a barrel for collecting rainwater, esp from a drainpipe

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Words nearby water butt

waterbuck, water buffalo, water bug, Waterbury, water-bus, water butt, water cannon, water carrier, water chestnut, water chinquapin, water clock

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How to use water butt in a sentence

I'd drop him in the water-butt, and put the lid on; and if I found he was insensible to kindness, I'd try the other persvasion.'
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens
When they went out of doors Lass was standing deserted, with her nose over the water-butt.
The Pioneers|Katharine Susannah Prichard
I put a lot of em in the water-butt and then froze em, last night.
The Children of the Valley|Harriet Prescott Spofford
Now he crept stealthily back to the yard, and established himself behind the water-butt.
Bob, Son of Battle|Alfred Ollivant

Joe and the crate blundered out of hearing, and Quentin looked cautiously round the water-butt.
The Magic World|Edith Nesbit