What does water-bag mean?
Water-bag means Alternative form of waterbag..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of waterbag..
[…] he went off alone with his family, and, watched by the day's red baleful eye, pumped the pump-car homeward, pausing at the summit of every bank to drink with greed from the water-bag and nurse his head.
Before long we had, willy-nilly, to replenish the water in our radiator from our water-bag, a canvas sack holding a few quarts, in which, thanks to evaporation through the canvas, the water remains cool even on the hottest day.
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Water-bag means Alternative form of waterbag..
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[…] he went off alone with his family, and, watched by the day's red baleful eye, pumped the pump-car homeward, pausing at the summit of every bank to drink with greed from the water-bag and nurse his head.
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