watering hole
a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- Also called watering place, watering spot .
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How to use watering hole in a sentence
Walk into a good hotel bar, and you will sense the sort of hospitality that is difficult to match in any other watering hole.
You need a drink: a summer-y beverage that the barkeep knowingly slides towards you at your favorite watering hole.
The Hamptons Hot List: Where to Eat, What to Drink, and How to Get Your Beach on This Summer | Brandon Presser | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe French House is an iconic Soho watering hole, scene of many an artistic, theatrical or literary debauch.
Instead, I am relieved to find myself in an honest-to-goodness rural watering hole.
Half of This Bar Is in Slovenia, the Other Half Is in Croatia | Jeff Campagna | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Daily Pic: Tobias Rehberger transplants a Frankfurt watering hole to New York.
"About as clear as a watering hole on the plains after the cattle have drunk their fill," replied Rector.
The Pony Rider Boys in New England | Frank Gee PatchinClose to noon they reached a watering hole, with water none too cool or sweet, but still welcome.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan DunnThe Rock Springs watering-hole was in a hilly region, broken here and there by stony gulches.
The Delafield Affair | Florence Finch KellySuddenly, out of this hazy world, something becomes clearly defined: he sees a watering hole, surrounded by low bushes.
When You Don't Know Where to Turn | Steven J. Bartlett
British Dictionary definitions for watering hole
a pool where animals drink; water hole
facetious, slang a pub
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