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watering place

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watering place
n.
1. A place where animals find water to drink.
2. A health resort with mineral springs; a spa.
3. Informal A watering hole.
watering place
n
1. (Social Science / Human Geography) a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained
2. (Social Science / Human Geography) Brit a spa
3. (Social Science / Human Geography) Brit a seaside resort
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Noun1.watering place - a health resort near a spring or at the seasidewatering place - a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
spa, watering hole
pump room - a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather
playground, resort area, vacation spot - an area where many people go for recreation
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But when one day a member of the tribe discovered the blacks in great numbers on the banks of a little stream that had been their watering place for generations, and in the act of clearing a space in the jungle and erecting many huts, the apes would remain no longer; and so Tarzan led them inland for many marches to a spot as yet undefiled by the foot of a human being.
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Then there's one fool more in a fashionable watering place.
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He had noted during the brief incursion he had made into the forest that a short distance up-stream from his tree there was a much-used watering place, where, from the trampled mud of either bank, it was evident beasts of all sorts and in great numbers came to drink.
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