watering pot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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This was put on with a watering pot every two weeks, thus Peter kept his potatoes quite free from bugs.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy
After that her godmother said to her, "Go again into the garden and you will find six lizards behind the watering pot; bring them to me."
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
She had still the watering pot in one hand; with the other her pretty dress was held lightly aside, to avoid trickling drops.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
She insisted on bleaching it also, and flew about among the long grass, with her bright watering pot, like a living flower sprung up in the wilderness.
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee
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 Winslow, Kenelm
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