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waterworks
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context in the singular English) the water supply system of a town etc., including reservoirs, pumps and pipes 2 (context in the singular English) any single facility, such as a filtration plant, within such a system 3 (context informal in the plural ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Aliens do not steer themselves through space guided by the village waterworks . ▪ Before Reagan turned on the waterworks , crying in public was widely considered a sign of weakness. ▪ In the name of self-help, the Masai were ...
Wikipedia
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Waterworks is the provision of water supply by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavours or by individuals. Waterworks may also refer to: Waterworks (card game) Waterworks, Isle of Man , a point on a motorcycle road-racing course ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from water (n.1) + work (n.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a public utility that provides water [syn: water company ] workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
Usage examples of waterworks.
Allegheny Water Authority treatment plant is on the Allegheny, right next to the Waterworks Mall.
Shit, I could always turn the waterworks on so easily as a kid, win my aunties round, and get a packet of crisps.
I went to schools, hospitals, lunatic asylums, institutes for deaf and dumb, waterworks, historical societies, telegraph offices, and large commercial establishments.
He gestured around at the bright dusty day and the clangour of Khalid's shop, the mills, the waterworks powering the big blast furnaces, the noise and movement.
I rent a couple of rooms there for the business, in the same building as the Rural District Council, and the Waterworks Company.
Munford’s artillery command post at Brigade headquarters in a waterworks building near the bridge.
Seemingly obedient, though, to the verdicts of her psychiatric report, Miss Didion writes about everything with the same doom-conscious yet faintly abstract intensity of interest, whether remarking on the dress sense of one of Manson's henchwomen, or indulging her curious obsession with Californian waterworks.
This alienated Mali- He needed a mother, not a waterworks utility like the one on the Monopoly board.
You don't look like her and know how to turn the waterworks on and off without knowing how to keep your mascara from running too.