watering hole
noun [C] humorousDefinition
› a pub or bar where people go to drink alcoholSelling and serving alcoholic drinksPublic entertainment venues
(Definition of watering hole noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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