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Watering can   /wˈɔtərɪŋ kæn/   Listen
Watering can

noun
1.
A container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants.  Synonym: watering pot.






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"Watering can" Quotes from Famous Books



... gate looking up the street to see which of the Martin children had carried off her watering can, and Marmaduke had stopped to make love to her on his way home to dinner. They were standing laughing and joking when the wild horseman ...
— In Orchard Glen • Marian Keith

... and supported by three or four inch strips of wood running lengthways of the box, supplies the drainage. These strips must, of course, be cut in the middle to allow all the water to drain out. The false bottom will take care of any ordinary surplus of water, which can be drained off into a watering can or pitcher by taking out the cork. The details of construction of such a box are shown in figure 1. It will be best to have the box so placed upon its supporting brackets that it can be changed occasionally end for end, thus keeping ...
— Gardening Indoors and Under Glass • F. F. Rockwell



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