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Definition of: waterworks
(wô′tər·wûrks′, wot′ər-) noun plural
1. A display or pageant presented on floats; a display of fountains in operation.
2. A system of machines, buildings, and appliances for furnishing a water supply, especially for a city; also, any mill or factory run by waterpower.
3. Slang a Tears: usually in the phrase to turn on the waterworks. b Rain.
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