watering pot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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You will find two lizards behind the watering pot.
From Story Hour Readers — Book Three by Coe, Ida
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
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
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
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)
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