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watering place

American  

noun

  1. British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.

  2. a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like.

  3. a place where drinking water may be obtained by humans or animals, as a spring or water hole.

  4. watering hole.

watering place British  

noun

  1. a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained

  2. a spa

  3. a seaside resort

"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

Etymology

Origin of watering place

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

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By turning the pub into one homey, egalitarian watering place, he aims for it to compete better with home TV.

From Time Magazine Archive

Retiring after his Grand Slam, Jones decided to build an "ideal" golf club on the site of an old indigo plantation in Augusta, a popular winter watering place for Northern socialites.

From Time Magazine Archive

Manhattan's Copacabana is a Scotch and watering place for Broadway's well-heeled show folk, who come regularly to pay homage to such distinguished comics as Jimmy Durante and Joe E. Lewis.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Kansas City, Harry Truman sent regrets to the citizens of Key West, Fla., Truman's favorite watering place during his presidency, explained that he will have to pass up a vacation he planned there soon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every house was a temporary watering place where warriors gathered for training and the perfection of their grim art before the tents were struck again.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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