Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pitcher for holding water.
- noun A plant of the order Sarraceniaeeæ, including the common pitcher-plant or sidesaddle-flower. See cut under
pitcher-plant .
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Examples
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Gina is holding a glass water-pitcher as she suddenly remembers details of their love-making in Switzerland, and she allows the jug to slip from her hands and shatter on the limestone floor of her sister's fancy, open-plan kitchen.
The Ways and Woes of Illicit Love Clare McHugh 2011
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I scrambled to my feet, with that damned yoke galling my neck, and as she looked round I ducked my head in the direction of the water-pitcher and tried to look appealing.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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The water-pitcher, already mentioned, furnished the only beverage.
The Abbot 2008
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One of her mess-hall tricks, when unobserved by her instructors, was to walk with six plates and a water-pitcher all gracefully poised on the top of her head after the fashion of the Asiatic and the African, her hips moving, her shoulders, neck, and head still.
The Titan 2004
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On this the girl said, “Then I will break my little water-pitcher,” and she broke her little water-pitcher.
Household Tales 2003
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The little tree said, “Then I will shake myself,” and began to shake herself so that all her leaves fell off; a girl who came up with her water-pitcher saw that, and said,
Household Tales 2003
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I scrambled to my feet, with that damned yoke galling my neck, and as she looked round I ducked my head in the direction of the water-pitcher and tried to look appealing.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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I scrambled to my feet, with that damned yoke galling my neck, and as she looked round I ducked my head in the direction of the water-pitcher and tried to look appealing.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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He placed the table, set there the water-pitcher and the cup, looked about for the chamber-pot and put it in easy reach.
The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972
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Seneca Bowers aligned himself with the water-pitcher.
The Henchman Mark Lee Luther
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