water plug
Americannoun
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You fill the pot with water, plug the circulator in, choose a temperature, and press go.
From Salon ● May 20, 2017
A powerful steam engine had arrived at the fire and had simply removed Anderson’s hose from its water plug.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
At midnight McManus strolled around a pile of lumber near an East Side dock, and lingered in the vicinity of a certain water plug.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by O. Henry
I save half my wages, and I'm as hard as a water plug.
From Whirligigs by O. Henry
Beside the station house there was a blue-grass plot, protected by a red plank fence, and six fly-bitten box-elder trees, not much larger than bushes, were kept alive by frequent hosings from the water plug.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
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