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"watering can" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are referencing a container specifically designed to hold and disperse water when watering plants. For example, "I need to buy a new watering can, since mine is too big for my small balcony plants."
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watering can
noun
A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle.
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Because watering can be controlled, and the planting medium can be made adequately acidic.
Have a watering can ready.
Simply run it into a bucket, watering can, or pitcher.
Use a watering can with gentle spouts instead of a strong hose.
Watering your garden with a watering can is absolutely fine.
Watering newly sown seeds with a watering can could simply wash the seeds away.
There were no bidders at all for Manet's "Watering Can," a garden scene with a watering can and a rake resting in a shady patch of grass.
Forget the dainty watering can.
"We used to use a watering can, but they'd fight over who got the watering can.
I water them in with a leaky watering can.
He irrigates his crops with a watering can.
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