watering pot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the pleasant light of the moon, even now was he engaged with the cabbages, pouring something upon them from a watering pot.
From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Wardon Allan Curtis
She left rose-bush and watering pot, chaise and pony, to Lewis's management, and gladly let the doctor take her up beside him.
From Melbourne House by Susan Warner
Betsy laughed and pulled the watering pot off from Hank's head.
From Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
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
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
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