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watering pot

British  

noun

  1. another name (US) for watering can

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I can say no more than that in his hands that watering pot looked fairly silly.

From The Killer by Stewart Edward White

You will find two lizards behind the watering pot.

From Story Hour Readers — Book Three by Ida Coe

Plants may be sprayed by using a watering pot with a fine rose or sprinkler, or an old hair-brush or clothes-brush.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich

After laying a good piece, sprinkle a little with a watering pot, if the sods are dry; then use the back of the spade to smooth them a little.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

She left rose-bush and watering pot, chaise and pony, to Lewis's management, and gladly let the doctor take her up beside him.

From Melbourne House by Susan Warner

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