watering hole

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nounInformal.
  1. a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.

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How to use watering hole in a sentence

  • "About as clear as a watering hole on the plains after the cattle have drunk their fill," replied Rector.

  • Close to noon they reached a watering hole, with water none too cool or sweet, but still welcome.

    Rimrock Trail | J. Allan Dunn
  • The Rock Springs watering-hole was in a hilly region, broken here and there by stony gulches.

    The Delafield Affair | Florence Finch Kelly
  • Suddenly, out of this hazy world, something becomes clearly defined: he sees a watering hole, surrounded by low bushes.

British Dictionary definitions for watering hole

watering hole

noun
  1. a pool where animals drink; water hole

  2. facetious, slang a pub

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