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Sprinkler   Listen
noun
Sprinkler  n.  
1.
One who sprinkles.
2.
An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.





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"Sprinkler" Quotes from Famous Books



... be what the Arabs call a 'kum-kum,' probably used as a sprinkler, or to hold rose-water. Hundreds of 'em about," commented ...
— The Brass Bottle • F. Anstey
... respiratory tracheal gills, from which the water can be suddenly squirted which throws the insect forward. The escaping stream of water forces the insect forward on the same principle as the rotating lawn sprinkler. If you collect some almost mature nymphs and keep them for a time in a vessel of water you may see them crawl out of the water, shed their skin and change to winged adults. Collect a few adults of different species for ...
— An Elementary Study of Insects • Leonard Haseman


Words linked to "Sprinkler" :   sprinkle, sprinkler system


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