water butt

noun

a barrel for collecting rainwater, esp from a drainpipe

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Examples from the Web for water butt

Historical Examples

He ducked a proctor in a water-butt and the dons were very cross about it.
Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine
Sista, Gubblum, if you don't take that word back I'll—I'll throw you into the water-butt!
A Son of Hagar
Sir Hall Caine
I could drown you in the water-butt, my poor cat—oh, so easily.
The Magic World
Edith Nesbit
We must have a rope or two; then we must take off our clogs, and climb up by the water-butt.
Frank Oldfield
T.P. Wilson
It was the aperture between the two great barrels—the brandy-cask and the water-butt.
The Boy Tar
Mayne Reid

water butt

Examples from the Web for water butt

Historical Examples

He ducked a proctor in a water-butt and the dons were very cross about it.

Sista, Gubblum, if you don't take that word back I'll—I'll throw you into the water-butt!

I could drown you in the water-butt, my poor cat—oh, so easily.

We must have a rope or two; then we must take off our clogs, and climb up by the water-butt.

It was the aperture between the two great barrels—the brandy-cask and the water-butt.