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water right
noun
- the right to make use of the water from a particular stream, lake, or irrigation canal.
water right
noun
- the right to make use of a water supply, as for irrigation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of water right1
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95
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Example Sentences
Six hundred feet below is water—right—and Jews on both sides.
From The Daily Beast
Only the petrol tins they took for water right and left of their pathway up the cliff; huge diamonds in the evening sun.
From Project Gutenberg
Dead ground; defiladed from inland batteries; deep water right close to the shore!
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It is bad to go into the water right after eatin, said Perk.
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It seems a pity to let them wilt, when you can put them in water right here.
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The moon was just coming up out of the east, making a silver path across the water right up to the Ark.
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