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WATERING HOLE [2 records]

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hotel Industry (General)
CONT

One Russian economist complained about his erstwhile hosts over a shot of Vietnamese vodka, at the bar of Hanoi's old Metropole Hotel, a former French Foreign Legion watering hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hôtellerie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
DEF

a natural hole or hollow containing water as ... a spring in a desert....

CONT

... bighorn sheep at a desert watering hole.

Key term(s)
  • water-hole
  • watering-hole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
OBS

Les mares-abreuvoirs d'exploitation agricole sont souvent utilisées comme citernes d'incendie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alimentación animal (Agricultura)
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