watering place
Americannoun
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British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
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a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like.
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a place where drinking water may be obtained by humans or animals, as a spring or water hole.
noun
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a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained
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a spa
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a seaside resort
Etymology
Origin of watering place
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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From polished boots to crisp moustache he could be counted on to out-Brummel men-of-the-world in the English metropolis, in the French watering place.
From Time Magazine Archive
With President Truman calling the tunes from his Key West watering place, official Washington last week bustled about in a brisk game of musical chairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Written for the July Festival in Baden-Baden, a drowsy watering place in the Black Forest which has found itself the seat of radical musical experiment, the composer also intends The Lindbergh Flight for radio consumption.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 19 she quit school, went to Sacramento and got an $80-a-week job at a small watering place called the Mo-Mo Club.
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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