as in tavern
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises
supposedly, that Broadway hangout was the favorite watering hole for 1940s celebrities
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Recent Examples of watering hole
However, these Southern watering holes hold that something special that keeps people coming back for more.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Dirty Shake opened at Forest and Second avenues last week in a bid to become Cass Corridor's new neighborhood watering hole.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
One tapir repeatedly chased another male away from a watering hole, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Consider taking a hike into the area, and be on the lookout for mustangs gathered around watering holes.
—Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Dirty Shake opened at Forest and Second avenues last week in a bid to become Cass Corridor's new neighborhood watering hole.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
One tapir repeatedly chased another male away from a watering hole, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Consider taking a hike into the area, and be on the lookout for mustangs gathered around watering holes.
—Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for watering hole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for watering hole
Noun
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The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2025
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Be sure to keep an eye out as the windmill atop the tavern is engulfed in flames several times an hour.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dear Eric: My favorite local pub has wonderful food except for the fries.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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The singer then explained the sentimental reasoning behind the pub's name, Lancaster Lock.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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In the trendy neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, cafes and clothing stores bustled as usual.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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In 2023, Bachelier opened a cafe and test kitchen space along Highway 101 in Leucadia that somewhat accidentally became a blockbuster restaurant, though its immediate success was slightly improbable but not at all surprising given the collective talent.—
Candice Woo,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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The hotel’s adobe-style buildings are interconnected, with paths weaving between the rooms, a moody saloon, and the breezy restaurant.—
Rosecrans Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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By 1885 the new settlement’s population soared to more than 2,000, and hotels, restaurants, blacksmiths, saloons, shops and more lined both sides of Main Street, Second and Third Avenues.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
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He’s been frequently arrested by Iranian authorities, most recently in July 2022 after signing an appeal against police violence and spent several months behind bars.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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It’s been just over eight months since the Jamaican dancehall legend was freed from captivity after serving 13 years behind bars for a murder conviction that was overturned on appeal in March 2024.—
Rob Kenner,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Later, Dorian visits an opium den, which Williams transforms into a modern-day nightclub, complete with techno, strobe lights, and a gay character smoking from a crystal meth pipe.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Flying Lady — with its logo of a woman’s silhouette flying through a pink ring — was a fixture at the Playpen for years, often cross-promoting with nightclubs and modeling agencies and offering a day on the lake with the city’s most beautiful people.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Watering hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watering%20hole. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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