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watering hole

noun

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



watering hole

noun

  1. a pool where animals drink; water hole

  2. facetiousa pub

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Two Pints was first performed in 2017 in, appropriately, a pub in Dublin, before embarking on a tour of watering holes across Ireland.

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It’s tempting to wait out the afternoon heat in this clandestine watering hole, evidenced by the long line of festivalgoers waiting for more people to leave so they can finally make their way in.

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The researchers said the behaviour from the Middle Jurassic was similar to how animals congregated around watering holes today.

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Another part of his mission to “reenvision L.A. as a theater city” is to make Huron Station Playhouse a watering hole for artists.

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A former pub landlord says he has visited more than 5,000 watering holes across the nation - in an effort to boost the British pub industry.

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