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wishing well

American  

noun

  1. a well or pool of water supposed to grant the wish of one who tosses a coin into it.


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She also recorded a rendition of Snow’s song “I’m Wishing” that played from the wishing well at Disneyland’s Snow White Grotto.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

As for the bucket list, it includes such things as stealing the coins from a wishing well, buying a new Cadillac, professing love to your neighbor and eating a steak-and-cheese in a yoga class.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2020

Another woman's trolley was filled with three Mr Potato Heads, four rabbit-shaped wicker planters and a wooden wishing well for her garden.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2019

Kuri’s is a grunge wishing well, radiating boom-and-bust.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2017

Not that long ago, I went to the wishing well downtown.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry