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  • Don't forget to change hunter's water-bowl, he gets really thirsty!!!

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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.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

  • “Hey, he plays the water-bowl game again,” Lana said happily.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • “Hey, he plays the water-bowl game again,” Lana said happily.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • Cipriano: ‘Till green-robed Malintzi brings her water-bowl.’

    The Plumed Serpent 2003

  • But she was looking at the water-bowl they held her to rinse her fingers.

    The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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