waterworks
/W AO1 T ER0 W ER0 K S/noun
- 1
The water supply system of a town etc., including reservoirs, pumps and pipes.
- 2
Any single facility, such as a filtration plant, within such a system.
- 3
Tears; crying.
“She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.”
- 4
The genitourinary system.
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