watering pot
Britishnoun
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They found underfoot a bare floor; it had been sprinkled from a watering pot earlier in the afternoon.
From The Desert Valley by Jackson Gregory
Mistress Mary came in with her watering pot to water her flowers.
From Boy Blue and His Friends by Maud Touser
The bituminous material may be applied by means of hand spreading cans not unlike an ordinary garden watering pot, except that a slotted nozzle is substituted for the ordinary perforated one.
From American Rural Highways by T. R. (Thomas Radford) Agg
Rule 4.—Sprinkle with ice water from watering pot, or dash it out of basin with hand.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
Mr. Britt seems to be swinging that watering pot of his new generosity around in pretty reckless fashion.
From When Egypt Went Broke by Holman Day
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