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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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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 Agg, T. R. (Thomas Radford)

She takes a heavy watering pot and—ugh! it gives me the shivers—pours thousands of icy, silvery threads over the roses or into the hollows of those little stone troughs, 'way back in the woods.

From Barks and Purrs by Colette

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 Goodrich, Charles Landon

This he kept up till the chimney burned itself out, while Ben dodged about among the gables with a watering pot, lest some stray sparks should be over-looked, and break out afresh.

From Under the Lilacs by Alcott, Louisa May

You will find two lizards behind the watering pot.

From Story Hour Readers — Book Three by Coe, Ida