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  • How glad I was he had come like a guest in quiet, to drink at my water-trough

    D. H. Lawrence greenintegerblog 2008

  • Then in her fury at feeling me still, she rushed at another device for it, and leaped the wide water-trough sideways across, to and fro, till no breath was left in me.

    Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

  • And just above this tree, and under its shadow, there came a dry cut into the little river, not more than a yard or two above the wooden bridge, a water-trough such as we have in Wales, miss, for the water to run in, when the farmer pleases; but now there was no water in it, only gravel.

    Erema Richard Doddridge 2004

  • The Harb, shocked, in pity made a place for him, and let his two camels drink from their water-trough.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • As Heidi was thus running about one sunny March morning, and had just jumped over the water-trough for the tenth time at least, she nearly fell backwards into it with fright, for there in front of her, looking gravely at her, stood an old gentleman dressed in black.

    Heidi 2000

  • Cadfael turned his horse into the paddock by the churchyard, where there was a stone water-trough and peaceful grazing, and joined the leisurely procession of men entering the church.

    Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

  • Two men loitered by the water-trough, chaffing with one of the village girls, their deeper laughter banishing even more the atmosphere of the alien.

    The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972

  • On, past the clubs, through the street vocal with the clanking stamp of the horses 'hoofs -- horses with shining flanks, who cocked their ears, and tossed their foam-dripping mouths as they passed the water-trough.

    Impressions of a War Correspondent George Lynch

  • Let the blasts drive, some dip i 'the water-trough

    The Georgics 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • At one end were bales of hay and bags of oats, while just outside the door stood a long water-trough, which, as mine water is unfit for use, was supplied from above-ground through iron pipes brought down the slope.

    Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines Kirk Monroe

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