water hog

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noun

informal a person who uses water selfishly or irresponsibly, esp during a water shortage

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Words nearby water hog

water-harden, waterhead, water heater, water hemlock, water hen, water hog, water hole, Waterhouse, water hyacinth, water ice, water-inch

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How to use water hog in a sentence

The M'juré, or water hog, was all eaten by hyænas during night; but the buffalo is safe.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873|David Livingstone
They are partly webbed, and thus adapted to the aquatic life it enjoys, and which has gained for it the name of the water-hog.
The Western World|W.H.G. Kingston
The water-hog (P. khk-b, Platanista gangetica, the porpoise) is another.
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
The creature made little or no resistance; and having dragged it up to the fire, we saw that it was a capybara, or water-hog.
The Young Llanero|W.H.G. Kingston

Why does it allow a water-hog to fatten at the expense of those whom it holds in its iron grasp?
The Discards|Lucullus Virgil McWhorter