pint of water

collocation in English

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pint
noun[C]
uk
/paɪnt/us
/paɪnt/
a measure for liquid equal to about half a litre. There are eight pints in ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition ofpintandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Withdrawing it would not deprive anyone of apintofwater, because they will get no water anyhow.
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This fact assumes significance when one recalls that a sedentary person breathes out roughly onepintofwaterevery 10 hours.
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We received about apintofwatera day to wash in, and every utensil was defective.
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There is no such thing as drinking only half apintofwater.
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It will not supply a singlepintofwaterto anyone living in a remote rural area, yet they will be called upon to subscribe to the rates.
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For the first two days they had apintofwatereach in temperatures of degrees.
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One is to then take apintofwaterand put into a saucepan.
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Onepintofwaterwas used to boil hot dogs during their first evening in the canyon.
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He collected drinking water from two solar stills and various jury-rigged devices for collecting rainwater, which together produced on average just over apintofwaterper day.
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A typical recipe for tapioca jelly can be made by washing 2 tablespoonfuls of tapioca, pouring apintofwaterover it, and soaking for three hours.
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Instead of using 16 pints of water every time the flush is operated, this system uses only two pints.
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There must be three pints of water per person, instead of one pint as heretofore.
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They are a metal vessel containing a few pints of water.
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