ditchwater

English

Alternative forms
  • ditch-water

Etymology

ditch +‎ water

Noun

ditchwater (usually uncountable, plural ditchwaters)

  1. The stagnant water that collects in a ditch.
    • 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Christmas Banquet”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
      The company, therefore, took their places, and addressed themselves to the serious business of the feast, but were soon disturbed by the hypochondriac, who thrust back his chair, complaining that a dish of stewed toads and vipers was set before him, and that there was green ditchwater in his cup of wine.

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