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Sprinkler   /sprˈɪŋklər/  /sprˈɪŋkələr/   Listen
Sprinkler

noun
1.
Mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden.



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"Sprinkler" Quotes from Famous Books



... I ain't givin' it any fancy name. We ain't either of us the mushy kind, I hope. But I felt that she needed me to stand by, that I could be of some use. That was thrillin' and wonderful enough for me. And as I folded her in gentle and let her turn the sprinkler on a brand-new plaid silk scarf that I'd just put up a dollar for, I set my jaw firm and says to myself, "Torchy, here's where you quit the youths' department for good. Into the men's section for you, and see that you act ...
— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford
... of barrels revolves each one is fired at the lowest point, and reloaded as it completes the revolution. The gun is mounted on a wye-shaped trunnion; the lower end of the wye passes down into a socket in the axle. The gun is pointed by a lever just as one points a garden hose or sprinkler, with the advantage that the gun can be clamped at any instant, and will then continue to sprinkle its drops of death over the same row of plants until the clamps are released. The axle is hollow and ...
— The Gatlings at Santiago • John H. Parker


Words linked to "Sprinkler" :   mechanical device, sprinkle


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