watering pot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Enter Electra from the Cottage with a watering pot: not seeing the Peasant she in a similar soliloquy announces that she is on her way to the river to prosecute her unnatural toil.
From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green
Betsy laughed and pulled the watering pot off from Hank's head.
From Tik-Tok of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
I can say no more than that in his hands that watering pot looked fairly silly.
From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward
The cover of the full hive should be removed, and the bees gently sprinkled with sugar-water from a watering pot that discharges a fine stream.
From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine)
The toad opened his mouth again, and Violet poured over him a few drops she had left in her watering pot.
From Violet: A Fairy Story by Guild, Caroline Snowden
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