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Examples
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Don't forget to change hunter's water-bowl, he gets really thirsty!!!
Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” Video Features the Pussy Wagon From Kill Bill | /Film 2010
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She has scarcely returned, and again taken up the slip of cambric, or square of half-wrought canvas, when Tartar's bold scrape and strangled whistle are heard at the porch-door, and she must run to open it for him; it is a hot day; he comes in panting; she must convoy him to the kitchen, and see with her own eyes that his water-bowl is replenished.
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“Hey, he plays the water-bowl game again,” Lana said happily.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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“Hey, he plays the water-bowl game again,” Lana said happily.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Cipriano: ‘Till green-robed Malintzi brings her water-bowl.’
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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But she was looking at the water-bowl they held her to rinse her fingers.
The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958
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She has scarcely returned, and again taken up the slip of cambric, or square of half-wrought canvas, when Tartar's bold scrape and strangled whistle are heard at the porch door, and she must run to open it for him; it is a hot day; he comes in panting; she must convoy him to the kitchen, and see with her own eyes that his water-bowl is replenished.
The Three Brontes Sinclair, May 1912
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She has scarcely returned, and again taken up the slip of cambric, or square of half-wrought canvas, when Tartar's bold scrape and strangled whistle are heard at the porch door, and she must run to open it for him; it is a hot day; he comes in panting; she must convoy him to the kitchen, and see with her own eyes that his water-bowl is replenished.
The Three Brontës May Sinclair 1904
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At this point of the recital his companion rose softly, flung his cigarette end into the little water-bowl, and passed into the further swelter room.
When William Came 1870-1916 Saki 1893
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When the dishes had been brought in and the man dismissed, Philip, taking his place at the table, drew from his button-hole a flower which he had picked out of his water-bowl at lunch, and, first putting it to his lips, he tossed it on to the empty place before the chair which had been drawn up opposite.
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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