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watering hole

noun as in barroom

noun as in hangout

noun as in oasis

noun as in public house

noun as in swimming hole

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Already he had come up with new watering holes I never knew existed.

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Featuring souvenir mai tai glasses and faded photos of celebrities on its walls, the old-fashioned watering hole was built over the Pacific Ocean in 1952.

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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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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