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Definition of "water-holes" []

  • Plural form of water-hole. (noun)

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Use "water-holes" in a sentence
  • "It was another kind of wilderness, that was all; and it was for him to learn the ways of it, the signs and trails and water-holes where good hunting lay, and the bad stretches of field and flood to be avoided."
  • "On two other occasions, he had lain hidden, after dark, beside water-holes, hoping to make a kill undisturbed by the dogs who would be asleep."
  • "Whilst their "water-holes" in the savannah of this country shrink from the furnace blast of heat and the holes continue to fill up with crocodiles ready to pull them in by their noses ... and drown them all collectively."