watering hole

noun

, Informal.

1. a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.

watering hole

noun

1. a pool where animals drink; water hole
2. facetious.
   a pub

Example Sentences

Large marsupials like kangaroos and wallabies tended to avoid burrows, unless they had been flooded with rainwater; then they used them as watering holes.

From New York Times

Another caravan had converged on this last watering hole before the city walls, a half night’s march away.

From Literature

They have penned songs and poems about their “bistrots,” so attached are they to their unpretentious watering holes that for generations have nourished their bodies and souls.

From Seattle Times

It still sounds in parliamentary and governmental buildings but it seems the bell - which has annoyed regulars and baffled tourists in Westminster's watering holes for so long - is becoming a thing of the past.

From BBC

Hanging vine chandeliers decorate the indoor dining room, which is attached to Bar Magnolia, a well-stocked watering hole for hotel guests and diners who want to sip on a libation.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bar
• bistro
• cabaret
• disco
• discotheque
• restaurant
• saloon
• speakeasy
• tavern